BOARER, WALTER, M.M., Private, 11th (Service) Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), 8. of William Boarer, of Old Half Moon, Friars Gate, Withyam, co. Sussex, by his wife, Mary; b. St. John’s, Crowborough, co. Sussex, 28 Nov. 1892; educ. St. John’s School there was a Carter; enlisted 12 Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following May, and died at Abbeville 21 June, 1918, from wounds received in action near St. Quentin the previous day. Buried in the Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville. He was awarded the Military Medal [London Gazette, 12 Oct. 1917], for carrying a wounded officer half a mile under heavy shell fire, and for devotion to duty. He m. at St. John’s Church, Crowborough, Jane Ann (5, Brook Terrace, Crowborough), dau. of John (and Ada) Smith, and had two children: Mary Ada Annie, b. 20 Aug. 1914, and Alice Matilda, b. 19 Aug. 1916.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5