Bovet W Brevet Lt Col Royal Engineers

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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

Bousfield M C Assistant Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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BOUSFIELD, MARY CAWSTON, Assistant Nurse, Voluntary Aid Detachment, eldest dau. of William G. R. Bousfield. of 48. Elmbourne Road, Tooting Common, S.W., Architect, by his wife, Mary, dan, of the late Samuel William Cawston, of Balham Hill, London. S.W.; b. Balham, 27 Aug. 1891: educ. The Elms School, Streatham, S.W., and Clarence House, Rochampton. S. W.; joined the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade 20 Dec. 1913; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment: served in England from 1914-16, and at No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen, from 1916-19, and died there 24 Feb. 1919, of pneumonia, following influenza. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery. Rouen. She was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, and awarded the Royal Red Cross (Second Class): unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bourne R S Sergt WR/251147 Royal Engineers

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BOURNE, ROBERT STANLEY, Sergt.. No. W. R. 251147. Royal Engineers, eldest s. of William Bourne, of 256, High Street, Cheltenham: b Cheltenham, 24 Dec. 1881: educ. Christ Church Higher Grade School, Cheltenham; was a Plumber: volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and joined the Territorials 13 Oct. 1914; was transferred to the Royal Engineers 25 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1915; was brought over to England 10 Sept. 1918. and died at Stoke-upon-Trent Military Hospital on the 28th, of shell-shock, contracted while on active service. Buried in Cheltenham Cemetery. He m. at All Saints’, Gloucester. 3 July, 1907, Emily (10. Blenheim Road, Gloucester), dau. of George Cresswell, and had one son, Samuel Stanley. b. 28 July, 1912.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bourne J P Rfn 305208 5th London Regiment

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Bourne J P Rfn 305208 5th London Regiment

Bourne J P Rfn 305208 5th London Regiment

BOURNE, JOHN PULSFORD, Rifleman, No. 305208, 5th Battn. (The Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of John Howe Bourne, of 38, Earlston Road, Wallasey, co. Chester, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Eliza Pulsford, dau. of the Rev. A. J. French, B:A.; b. New Brighton, co. Chester, 12 Nov. 1898; educ. Somerville Preparatory School, New Brighton; Wallasey Grammar School, and Woodhouse Grove, Apperley Bridge, co. York; joined the London Rifle Brigade in Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1918, and died while a prisoner of war in a Saxon Field Hospital 26 March following, from wounds received in action. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Hordam [Grave No. 145]; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boughton F W Pte 29013 8th Royal Fusiliers

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BOUGHTON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Private, No. 29013, 8th (Service) Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), s. of William Boughton, of Wellington Road. Eye, by hs wife, Julia, dau. of George Nobbs, of Alburgh: b. Eye, co. Suffolk, 1 Feb. 1884 educ. National School there; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers 27 March, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following July: was reported wounded and missing after the fighting on 27 Nov. 1917, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date: unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boughey A E F Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

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Boughey A E F Lt 8th Rifle Brigade

ANCHITEL E. F. BOUGHEY LIEUTENANT, Rifle Brigade Was born in Cambridge, England, in 1891, a son of the Rev. A. H. F. Boughey. After completing his education at Marlborough College, Cambridge, he entered the service of Messrs. Barclay and Company, Limited, to follow banking as his profession. He was later employed for some months by the Mercantile Bank of India. In May, 1913, he came to Canada and joined the staff of the Bank of Montreal in Montreal. He enlisted for overseas service immediately after the declaration of war in August, 1914. He went to England with his unit, and while undergoing training preparatory to proceeding to France he was given his commission as Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade. He was on active service throughout the war in various spheres of operation until one month before the Armistice was signed, when he was drowned on the “Leinster.”

Source : Bank Of Montreal Memorial Of The Great War 1914-1918

BOUGHEY, ANCHITEL EDWARD FLETCHER, Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), yr. 8. of the Rev. Anchitel Harry Fletcher Boughey, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, by his wife, Katharine Annie, dau. of J. S. Lovell, Lovell, of Thornby, co. Northampton; b. Cambridge, 6 Nov. 1891; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Cambridgeshire Regt. 5 Feb. 1910; resigned his commission in 1913; went to Canada in that year, and settled at Montreal, where he was on the staff of the Bank of Montreal: returned to England immediately on the outbreak of war, and, volunteering for active service, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8th Rifle Brigade 14 Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionar, Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915; was wounded at Hooge the following July, and invalided home; on recovery, not being passed as fit for active service, was appointed Instructor to an Officers’ Cadet Battn., and was subsequently given a post at the War Office; proceeded to Ireland in September, 1918, on special recruiting work. and, returning to England on the S.S. Leinster, was drowned when that ship was torpedoed in the Irish Sea 10 Oct. 1918. Buried in Dublin Military Cemetery. His General (in Ireland) wrote: “His sad fate has cast a gloom over all of those here who know him. For myself, I feel that I have lost a true friend.” A few days before his death his appointment as Staff Capt. was recommended and approved; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boucher A H Boy Mech 251890 Royal Naval Air Service

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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

Botterill S Rfn 305557 5th London Regiment

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Botterill S Rfn 305557 5th London Regiment

Botterill S Rfn 305557 5th London Regiment

BOTTERILL, STUART, Rifleman, 5th Battn. (The London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of the late William Richard Botterill, of Croydon, by his wife, Amy (Killarney, Purley); b. Croydon, 1 July, 1879; educ. The Whitgift Grammar School there was Local Manager for The Red Hand Composition Company, at Southampton, being for several years a volunteer in the London Rifle Brigade: rejoined 12 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 July, and was killed in action north-east of St. Julien 20 Sept. 1917. Buried near Ypres. He m. at Southampton, 29 April, 1915, Ethel (74, Belmont Road, Portswood, Southampton), dau. of Henry William Hoare, of Southampton.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

 

Bott G 2nd Lt 6th Rifle Brigade

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BOTT, GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 6th (Reserve), Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Bott, Clerk in Holy Orders, by his wife, Sarah; b. Hayton Rectory, Maryport, co. Cumberland, 30 Sept. 1886; educ. Carlisle Grammar School, and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he graduated B.A., after which he became a Tutor with a view to taking Holy Orders; joined the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers 2 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 14 Nov. 1915; returned to England in March, 1916, and after a period of training was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Rifle Brigade 7 July: went back to France 20 Sept. Sept., being attached to the 6th Battn., and was killed in action near Loos 9 Feb. 1917. Buried in the British Cemetery at Philosophe, Mazingarbe, near Bethune. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was justly regarded as one of the most efficient officers of his battalion. He had won the very greatest personal popularity with both officers and men, and his men would have followed him anywhere. He had proved himself to them, and gained a name among them which they will not soon forget. The Commanding Officer had  a very high opinion of him,” and a brother officer: “He was absolutely fearless. All the little jobs that no one has to do and yet are everyone’s job always found him willing. He was always ready to work for the success of others.” His servant wrote: “I have been in France since the war began, and I have never met a better friend and soldier in an officer. He was everything in the way of cheerfulness and for helping others. His platoon miss him very much.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bothwell F Pte MM 54676 Royal Army Medical Corps

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BOTHWELL, FRANK, M.M., Private, No. 54676, No. 4 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, 2nd s. of Alexander Bothwell, of 13, Clonliffe Road, Dublin, Overseer in Newspaper Office, by his wife, Georgina Ellen, dau. of Simon Spearman, of Dublin; b. Dublin, 12 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Columba’s, and Central Model Schools, Dublin; was an Apprentice Compositor enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in April, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 21 Nov. following, and was killed in action near Flesquières, 27 Sept. 1918. Buried at Lagnicourt. The Chaplain wrote: Your son will be greatly missed, as he was one of the bravest and most reliable of men. His decoration has already marked him out as of exceptional merit.” He was awarded the Military Medal, for distinguished bravery in the field, when he carried in the wounded under heavy fire, and behaved in the bravest manner.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5