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Age-20

69, Old Woolwich Road, East Greenwich

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

7th Division, which included the 2nd Border battalion of 20 Brigade had been heavily involved in the fighting associated with the First Battle of Ypres in October-November, 1914 but on 5th November they were withdrawn from there and sent further south to Sailly-sur-la-Lys in France where they remained for the rest of the year, either in the front line or in support or reserve. Shelling and sniper fire resulted in a number of casualties for 2nd Border during this period, one of whom was Thomas Coster who died from wounds on 26th December.