Cemetery: Grangegorman Military Cemetery
Country: Republic Of Ireland
Area: County Dublin
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment.
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed on duty while an officer of the Viceregal Lodge Guard 28th December 1919. Age 20. Son of Maj. Sydney Thomas Boast M.C. D.C.M. (2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regt.) and Ellen Boast of "Arano Birtles Rd., Orford, Warrington. Served on the Western Front with his Bn. and returned to U.K. with Cadre. CE. Officers. 41.
Photograph by HR & RC Tulloch / Eddie Jordan