The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

Training Corps, in which he spent three years until April, 1914, when he accepted a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st East Yorkshires. He entered barracks in June, left for the Front the beginning of Sept. a few days after his marriage, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 23 Sept. 1914. He was elected to membership of the South London Harriers in 1911, and was known mostly to the cross-country members, having been a regular attendant at headquarters. He avoided racing not being keen on it, nevertheless he finished 26th in the match against the Ranelagh Harriers in 1912. He _m._ at Cambridge, 29 Aug. 1914, Eveline Mary, only dau. of William Henry Gibson, of The Hollins, Sowerby Bridge; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Thomas R. Bottomley.=] =BOUCHER, HAROLD ERNEST=, Private, No. 7065, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Arthur Boucher, by his wife, Helena, dau. of James Whitehouse; _b._ Birmingham, 17 Aug. 1886; enlisted in 1st Battn. 28 Dec. 1906, and exchanged into the 3rd Battn. when he went to Egypt, serving seven years with the colours. On the outbreak of war he was called up from the Reserve, and died at Viviers, Landrecies, 2 Sept. 1914, of wounds received in action. He _m._ at Windsor, 4 Dec. 1912, Gertrude Annie (4, Park View, Winson Street, Dudley Road, Birmingham), dau. of George Hawkins, and had two children: Frances Annetta Gregson, _b._ 11 Oct. 1913; and Kathleen Gertrude Magdalen, _b._ (posthumous) 27 April, 1915. [Illustration: =Harold Ernest Boucher.=] =BOUGHTON, ERNEST GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 3226, No. 2 Platoon, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Horace John Boughton, of 15, Auckland Road, Bow, E., by his wife, Ann, dau. of George Parrot; _b._ Bow, London, E., 22 May, 1896; educ. Chisenhale Road Council School; was a Shop Assistant; enlisted 11 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died in hospital at Bethune, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at La Bassée the previous day; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. His Platoon Officer, Lieut. W. A. Piercey, wrote: “He was wounded to-day. He was struck twice by a German sniper while out of the trench under my orders. Rifleman Gowers, who was with him, acted in a very cool and soldierly way in assisting his comrade under fire, and your son bore up most bravely under the pain and discomfort inevitable in being brought in under such circumstances. We have every reason to be proud of them both.” [Illustration: =Ernest George Boughton.=] =BOULDEN, REUBEN WILLIAM HENRY=, Leading Seaman, 237607, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOULOGNE, JORDAN=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BOULT, THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 1639, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry; a native of Seaham Harbour, Durham; went to Canada from West Hartlepool about 1910; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry; was severely wounded at Ypres, where he had a leg shot off, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 15 May, 1915. Three of his brothers are on service, two in the Army and one in the Navy. =BOULTON, JAMES FORSTER=, Midshipman, R.N., H.M.S. Monmouth, yr. _s._ of Alexander Claude Forster Boulton, of 28, Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, formerly M.P., North Hunts, by his wife, Florence Marion, dau. of Henry Harmes; _b._ Putney, 3 April, 1899; educ. Willington School, Putney, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth on the outbreak of war, as a Naval Cadet, and was advanced to the rank of Midshipman only a few days before he was lost in the sinking of H.M.S. Monmouth, while in action off the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. Entering Willington School as its youngest boy in May, 1905, he left it as head boy at Christmas, 1911, after being head of Form V and prize-winner the previous July. Having entered Osborne Royal Naval College in Jan. 1912, he was second of his year at Easter and first of his year at Midsummer. He was top in bookwork in the Christmas term, and third in the final order for the year. He played for the Soccer XI in various “forward” positions. In the following year he won the fly-weight boxing, and passed out second of the 70 Cadets of his “year.” In Jan., 1914, he entered Dartmouth College, where he was also first in bookwork in his first term. His aggregate position at both colleges was generally second--a highly creditable record when one remembers the number of Cadets. [Illustration: =James Forster Boulton.=] =BOURGES, JOHN (JEAN)=, Private, No. 67214, 25th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Gabriel Bourges, of Cancale, Ille et Vilaine, France; _b._ Cancale, 3 May, 1890; educ. there, and left France on a French fishing vessel in 1904 for Canada, and on account of ill-treatment remained there and worked as a sailor, and never returned to France until he came with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he at once volunteered, crossed to France in Sept., and was killed in action 27 Dec. 1915, by the bursting of a shell in his trench; _unm._ He was buried in the cemetery of the 25th Battn. by the Rev. Father Doyen, of the 5th Brigade. [Illustration: =John (Jean) Bourges.=] =BOURKE, BERTRAM WALTER=, Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major William Henry Bourke, of Heathfield, Ballina, co. Mayo, Connaught Rangers, by his wife, Sarah Louisa, dau. of James John Young; _b._ 9 Dec. 1882; educ. in Saint Servant, France; served with the Royal Engineers (Militia) from which he exchanged into the 5th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1904; passed the school of instruction for employment with the Regular Forces, and obtained the rank of Capt. 24 Feb. 1912. He left for the Front on 2 May, 1915, was attached to the 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and was killed in action while gallantly leading his men near Ypres, just a week later, 9 May, 1915. Capt. Bourke _m._ at Stapletown, Carlow, 19 April, 1913, Eileen, dau. of George Neville Usher, of Carlow, and had two daus.: Vivienne Neville, _b._ 29 Jan. 1914; and Patricia Bertram, _b._ 4 Nov. 1915. =BOURKE, EUSTACE GEORGE WALTER=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of Walter Longley Bourke, of Monycrower, Maidenhead, late Major, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Imperial Yeomanry, by his wife, Ethel Kathleen Jane, only dau. of the late Capt. John W... Freeman, of Rockfield, co. Hereford, 16th Regt., and grandson of Rev. the Hon. George Wingfield Bourke, M.A., [4th _s._ of Robert, 5th Earl of Mayo]; _b._ 24 June, 1888; educ. at Mr. Arnold’s School at Wixenford, Uppingham and Sandhurst, and received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 6 Feb. 1909, becoming Lieut. 20 Aug. 1912, and Capt. 18 May,