Bothwell D W Sapper 402949 Royal Engineers

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BOTHWELL, DUNCAN WILLIAM, Sapper, No. 402949, Royal Engineers (Highland), elder s. of William Bothwell, of Northaw, Whetstone, London, N., by his wife, Margaret Emma, dau. of the late Isaac Riches; b. North Finchley, London, N., 23 April, 1887; educ. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Barnet; was a Clerk; joined the Royal Engineers 1 Nov. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from June, 1918, and was attached to the 98th Field Company at Beauquesne, Mailly, Labarque, Manancourt, etc., and died at Etaples 19 Oct. following, of wounds received in action at Banteaux (St. Quentin Canal), on the 8th. Buried at Etaples. He m. at Aberdeen, 11 April, 1914, Winifred Annie, dau. of W. G. Adams, of Montrose and Aberdeen.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Borst C L 2nd Lt 6th Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Borst C L 2nd Lt 6th Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment

BORST, CHARLES LOUIS, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regt.), eldest s. of Charles L. Borst, of 38, Leweston Place, Stamford Hill, N., by his wife, Ada Helen (-); b. Tottenham, Co Middlesex, 1896; educ. Hackney Downs School; joine joined the Honourable Artillery Company 17 March, 1916: was subsequently given a commission, and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917, and was killed in action before Cambrai 24 Nov. following. Buried in Cambrai Road Ceme-tery.

His Commanding Officer wrote: He did glorious work in the attack on the 20th… During the nine months he has been with us his cheery disposition and charming manner had endeared him to all of us.. Personally, I cannot express my sorrow at losing him, for our work, both training and fighting, had brought us very closely together, and we were great friends.” A brother officer also wrote: “… You will have no difficulty in realizing what a splendid type of boy he was. His men would have gone anywhere for him, and his work with the battalion has already been carried out with marked efficiency and ability. His death is a grievous loss to us.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Booth J Sergt 1st Newfoundland Regiment

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BOOTH, JOHN, Sergt., No. 2405, 1st Battn. Newfoundland Regt., s. of James Booth, of 43, Marischal Street, Peterhead, co. Aberdeen, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of John English; b. Peterhead aforesaid, 21 Sept. 1889; educ. there was a Cooper; went to Newfoundland in Aug. 1914, and settled at Harry’s Harbour, Notre Dame Bay, as a Cooper; enlisted in Jan. 1915; came to England in May, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 23 June following and was killed in action at Monchy-le-Preux 14 April, 1917; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boote J A L/Cpl 68857 Royal Fusiliers

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Boote J A L/Cpl 68857 24th Royal Fusiliers

BOOTE, JOHN ARTHUR, L.-Corpl., No. 68857, 24th (Service) Battn. The Royal Royal Fusiliers (City (City of of London London Regt.), only s. of John Henry Boote, of 47, Hillfield Avenue, Hornsey, London, N., by his wife, Edith Mary, dau, of Thomas Powell, of Burton-on-Trent; b. Hornsey aforesaid, 2 July, 1898; educ. there, and at Owen’s School, Islington, N., where he matriculated; was a Clerk at Barclay’s Bank; enlisted in Aug. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1917, and was killed in action near Arras 25 Aug. 1918. Buried at Behagnies; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bone P J Cpl 231 38th Australian Imperial Force

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BONE, PERCY JOHN, Corpl., No. 231, A Coy., No. 4 Platoon, 38th Battn., 10th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst. s. of Robert Thomas Bone, of 102, Farrant Avenue, Noel Park, Wood Green, N.; b. Marylebone, W. 31 Jan. 1884; educ. Noel Park School, Wood Green, N.; went to Australia; volunteered for Imperial Service, and joined the Australian Infantry in 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Vimy Ridge 29 May, 1917; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bone A E Captain Royal Field Artillery

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BONE, ALBERT EDWARD, Capt., 242nd Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, s. of William Thomas Bone, of 215, Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, S.E., Builder, by his wife, Caroline (-); b. Camberwell, London, S.E., 9 Aug. 1882; educ. Board School there; enlisted in the R.F.A. 7 Feb. 1900; served in South Africa and India, also with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 18 Aug. 1914, taking part in the retreat from Mons, and in many other engagements; received a commission (for services in the field), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 10 Aug. 1915; promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1917, and Capt. 12 April, 1918, and died at No. 20 General Hospital, Camiers, 3 Nov. following, of pneumonia following influenza, contracted while on active service. Buried in Etaples Cemetery. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I am more grieved than I can say over the sad news of the death of your husband. He was Captain of my own battery, and was a splendid man in every way, and his death leaves a gap which I do not know how to fill.” He m. at Stowe Nine Churches, 27 Dec. 1902, Harriett Elizabeth, dau. of Alfred Oliver, and had two daus. Dorothy Rose, b. 22 July, 1904, and Maisie Olive, b. 14 June, 1912.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boileau E B W Lt 1st Dorset Regiment

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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

Bogle F Pte 175013 Army Service Corps

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BOGLE, FRANK, Private, No. 175013, Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps, elder s. of the late Ernest Bogle, Wholesale Grocer and Provision Mer-hant, by his wife, Elizabeth Selina (124, Alfred Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Joseph Bowley; b. Edgbaston, Birmingham, co. Warwick, 19 Dec. 1894; educ. Rookery Road County Council School there was a Machine Pattern Maker; enlisted in the Army Service Corps 5 April, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1918, and in German East Africa from Sept. 1917, and died at No. 30 General Hospital, Calais, 17 Feb. 1919, of influenza following malaria, contracted while on active service. Buried in Les Barraques Cemetery, Calais; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boden F Pte 5798 11th Royal Sussex Regiment

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BODEN, FREDERICK, Private, No. 5798, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt., s. of Frederick Boden, of 38, Miniver Street, Blackfriars, London, S.E., Labourer, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Richard Hunter: b. Walworth, S.E., 27 Jan. 1882; educ. Friars Street School there was a Carman for Messrs. Cooper, Fruiterers; enlisted in the Sussex Regt. 13 May, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Oct. 1915, and was killed in action on the Menin Road on 27 Sept. 1917. Buried where he fell. His Commanding Officer wrote: “With sympathy and regret at losing a good soldier and comrade, who always had a good character.” Hem. Catherine (20, Miniver Street, Friar Street, Blackfrairs, London, S.E.), dau. of the late Thomas Alexander Turner, and had five children: Frederick, b. 19 Jan. 1909; John, b. 29 Nov. 1915; Catherine Turner, b. 1 July, 1902; Clara Jane, b. 19 May, 1904, and Sarah Jessie, b. 16 Jan. 1913.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Boddice R Pte 41452 1st North Staffs Regiment

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BODDICE, ROBERT, Private, No. 41452, 1st Battn. (54th Foot) The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regt.), only s. of Joseph Boddice, of 95 Lower Midway, near Burton-on-Trent, Sanitary Ware Manufacturer, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Staley; b. Swadlincote, co. Derby, 1 Jan. 1899; educ. Newhall County Council School (Scholar), and Burton Grammar School (where he won a two years’ course of University training, of which, however, he was unable to avail himself, on account of the war); was a Bursar Teacher at Swadlincote County Council School; enlisted in the Staffordshire Regt. 14 March, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 3 March, 1918 was captured at Nesle 25 March, and died a prisoner of war, at the Reserve Hospital, Essen, Germany, 26 July following, of pneumonia. Buried in Cemetery of Honour, Essen. His former schoolmaster wrote: “He was one of the most promising scholars I have ever had under me.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5