Boileau E B W Lt 1st Dorset Regiment
BOILEAU, EDWARD BULMER WHICHER, Lieut., 1st Battn. (39th Foot) The Dorset Regt., 2nd s. of Capt. Thomas Smalley Boileau, late 2nd Dorset Regt. and I.S.C., of 97, South Croxted Road, West Dulwich, S.E., by his wife, Selina Mary, dau, of James Whicher, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets; b. Folkestone, co. Kent, 1 Sept. 1898; educ. Imperial Service College, Windsor, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dorset Regt. 19 July, 1916; promoted Lieut. 19 Jan. 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 24 Nov. 1917; was appointed Lewis Gun Instructor during 1918, and Assistant Adjutant in Sept. 1918, and during the Battle of Damery 11 Aug. 1918, he acted as Liaison Officer to the Brigadier-General. On 8 Aug. 1918, he was chosen to take one sergeant-major and 16 men to represent the battalion at an inspection by the King: and was killed in action at Sequchart, near St. Quentin, 3 Oct. 1918. Buried at Ste. Hélène British Military Cemetery, Pontruet. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was always willing and thoroughly reliable, and always carried out his duties bravely; was cheerful, respected and loved both by officers and men.” and the Major: “His death has been a blow to all who knew him in the battalion. He was loved and esteemed not only by the officers, but especially by the men of the Headquarters Company, which he commanded. He was killed while going forward in the recent attack, in which the battalion did so well, and at a moment when he was doing his duty.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5