No......CAS/Berks......
(replying, please quote above No.)
........Infantry.........Record Office
......................Warwick........................
.......................23rd January,.....1945
It is my painful duty to inform you that a report has been received from the War Office notifying the death of :-
(No.)....14565374.......
(Rank)....Pte..............................................................
(Name)....BOARDMAN...........Eric.....James.................................................
(Regiment)......The Royal...Berkshire...Regiment,...........................................
which occured...in..the..Indian..Theatre..of..war..(Burma).................................
on the..........7th...January...1945..................................................................
The report is to the effect that he...Was...Killed...in...Action............................
I am to express the sympathy and regret of the Army Council.
I am to add that any information that may be received as to the soldier's burial will be communicated to you in due course, by the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries, War Office (A.G.13), 32 Grosvener Gardens, S.W.1, to whom all enquires with regard to graves or places of burial should be addressed.
......................Madam,.......................
