Boucher A H Boy Mech 251890 Naval Air Service
BOUCHER, ALFRED HENRY, Boy Mechanic, Royal Air Service, only s. of William Boucher, of Malahide Coastguard Station, Petty Officer, Royal Navy, by his wife, L. Louise (-); b. Bunbeg, co. Donegal, 26 Oct. 1900; educ. Malahide National School; was a Paper Worker; joined the Royal Naval Air Service 5 March, 1918; trained at Fort Tregantle, Torpoint, and Cranwell, and was drowned by the torpedoing of the R.M.S. Leinster 10 Oct. 1918. Buried in Malahide Churchyard. His Commanding Officer wrote: .. Your loss is indeed ours, also the country’s. Had he lived, he would soon have made a name for himself, with his painstaking and persevering disposition, for he was soon to have been selected for a Cadetship, and to be made a flight officer.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5