Bovet W Lt Col Royal Engineers
Source : The Sphere 3rd Aug 1918
Bovet W Brevet Lt Col Royal Engineers
BOVET, WILLIAM, Brevet Lieut. Col., Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of the late Frederick Bovet, of London, and Shanghai, China, Merchant, by his wife, Mary L. (33, Addison Gardens, London, W.), dau. of Charles S. Haden; b. 3. Victoria Street, Westminster, London, S.W., 15 Aug. 1874; edue. Grosvenor School, Twickenham: University College School, Gower Street, London, W.C., and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, S.E.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers 25 July, 1893; promoted Lieut. 25 July, 1896, Capt. 1 April, 1904, Major 25 July, 1913, and Brevet Lieut. Col. 1 Jan. 1917: proceeded from Chatham to India in 1895, where he joined the Bombay Sappers and Miners; served as Commander, Royal Engineers, in the Mekran operation, 1898: in Jan. 1903, was ordered to Somaliland, being there attached to General Manning’s Column; returned to India in the autumn of 1904, and took part in the action at Jidvalli (men-tioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Sept. 1904): Medal and two clasps); was engaged in training officers and reecruits, and Acting Commander, Royal Engineers, at Kirkee from Aug. 1914, to Jan. 1916, when he proceeded to Egypt; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1916, where he served with the Anzac Division, and later was appointed Commander, Royal Engineers, of the 12th Division at Arras; was wounded 30 Nov. 1917; returned to duty the following month, and died at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station 5 July, 1918, from wounds received in action at Bouzincourt that day. Buried in the British Military Cemetery, Doullens. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 4 Jan. 1917, and 11 Dec. 1917) by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5