Part 22

=BOLTON, HARRY HARGREAVES=, Capt., 5th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of Heightside, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., Colliery Owner, by his wife, Florence Eliza, dau. of Thomas Allen, of the Manor House, Thurmaston, Leicester; _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 9 Feb. 1886; educ. Mostyn House School, Parkgate; and at Shrewsbury School, and after being at home for a short time, gaining some knowledge of the working of collieries, he went to Wigan, and attended for two years a course of mining instruction, part of which consisted of practical work underground in the mines of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, Ltd., afterwards returning to Accrington Collieries to gain further experience, with a view to sitting for examination for the first-class mine manager’s certificate. This he obtained in Dec. 1912. Soon after, on the retirement, through ill-health, of the late Mr. James Whittaker, he was appointed to the responsible position of agent for the Accrington Collieries of Messrs. George Hargreaves & Co., of which his father was managing partner. He joined the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the Manchesters at Bolton in 1905, which was then the 1st Battn. Volunteers, but on his return to Accrington he transferred to the 5th Battn. of the East Lancashires, and having passed the school of instruction for qualification to the Regular service, was given his commission as Capt. 25 July, 1911. On the outbreak of war he and his brother both volunteered for foreign service, and went out with their regt. from Burnley to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and on 5 May, 1915, to the Dardanelles. He wrote home from the transport on that day, and nothing more was heard until a telegram was received to say that he had been wounded on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915, shot in the head, and he died without gaining consciousness the same day. Capt. Bolton took a great interest in the work of the Lancashire and Cheshire Coal Owners’ Rescue station, formed for the purpose of rescuing men at underground explosions, going through the course of training instruction with the Accrington Collieries rescue team, and obtained a certificate for competency. At the time of the Hulton Colliery explosion he took a team of men over fully equipped with the necessary appliances and went underground to help in the work required after the explosion. He was also a keen supporter of the National Service League, and was Secretary for the Accrington district. Closely associated with St. Augustine’s Church and School, Huncoat, he took a boys’ class in the Sunday School there regularly up to the time of his marriage. He _m._ at Habergham Church, Burnley, 1 June, 1911, Helen Oliver, dau. of Alexander Drew, of Holme Lodge, Burnley, J.P., and they lived at High Brake, Accrington, and had two children: George Henry Hargreaves, _b._ 14 Feb. 1914; and Rhona Helen Allen, _b._ 2 April, 1915. Capt. Bolton’s next brother, Lieut. John Bolton, was also killed at the Dardanelles (see his notice), and his two younger brothers, Lieut. Maurice Bolton and Lieut. Geoffrey Bolton, and his brother-in-law, Lieut. Douglas Hacking, Conservative candidate for Chorley, are now (1916) on active service.

=BOLTON, JAMES FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1909), late Ch. I/12380, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BOLTON, JOHN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. East Lancashire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Henry Hargreaves Bolton, of Heightside, Newchurch-in-Rossendale, co. Lancaster, J.P., etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Accrington, co. Lancaster, 6 Jan. 1889; educ. Tonbridge School, and Manchester University. On leaving the latter, where he took the three years’ mining engineering course, he was engaged at the Accrington and Rossendale Collieries, of which his father was Managing Director, and after a short time was placed in charge of the commercial department at Accrington, and was soon recognised as a capable and energetic business man. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. of the East Lancashires, 19 June, 1913, and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war. His regt. went out to Egypt in Sept. 1914, and while there he took a special course in scouting under Gurkha officers, and was made Scout Master of the battn. He received his Lieutenant’s commission 6 May, 1915, and sailed for the Dardanelles the same day. He was killed by a shell which fell in the front line trenches, in the bombardment before the advance on Krithia, 4 June. After his death his father received from General Douglas, commanding 42nd Division, the following card of congratulation which had been sent to him, but before it reached him he had been killed: “The General Officer commanding the 42nd (East Lancs.) Division congratulates Lieut. J. Bolton, 1/5 Battn. East Lancs. Regt. on the gallant action performed by him on 12 May, 1915. Signed C. O. W. Douglas, M. Genl. Commd., 42nd Division.” The action referred to was fetching ammunition from the base under fire of the enemy, when the battn. ran short in the trenches. He was _unm._ and was buried at Ghurka Bluff, Gallipoli.

=BOLTON, JOHN=, Private, No. 2575, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Lancaster; enlisted 1 April, 1899; served in South Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medals with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., from 11 Sept. 1914; died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, Braisne, 8 Oct. following, of wounds received in action; _m._

=BOLTON, JOSEPH CROOK=, Private, No. 25689, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of (--) Bolton; _b._ Clitheroe, 3 June, 1883; educ. Royal Grammar School there; went to Canada in Oct. 1912, and was a painter; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, enlisted, came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front, 10 Feb. 1915, and died 23 April, 1915, of wounds received in the great Canadian Charge at St. Julien. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Churchyard, Belgium. He _m._ 20 May, 1907, Emma (52, Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, Lancs), dau. of (--) Rushton, and had two children: Frank, _b._ 12 May, 1910; and Marjorie Esther, _b._ 4 Nov. 1908.

=BOLTON, WILFRED=, Private, No. 260, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of (--) Bolton, of Normanton, Yorkshire; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 18 May, 1915.

=BOLTON, WILFRID=, Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R., Collingwood Battn., R.N.D., 2nd _s._ of Henry Lushington Bolton, of The Sanctuary, Westminster, and The Gables, Crowborough Beacon, Sussex, Solicitor, by his wife, Chloe, dau. of James Richard Gordon; _b._ Porchester Terrace, London, 26 May, 1897; educ. at The Grange, Crowborough; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Osborne and Dartmouth. On leaving Dartmouth in April, 1914, he was rejected for the Navy on account of a slight defect in sight. On the outbreak of war joined the R.N.V.R., and was killed in Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.

=BOLTON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 15252, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Kemmerl, 29 May, 1915; _m._

=BON, ROBERT=, Private, No. 2399, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Croix Barbée, 15 Oct., 1914.

=BOND, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 10752, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 1st _s._ of Joseph Bond, of 44, Brough Street, Derby, Warder, Derby Prison, by his wife, Kate, dau. of the late Thomas Gordon, of Derby; _b._ Derby, 1 March, 1895; educ. St. Joseph’s R.C. School there; was for some time a Porter at the Great Northern Railway Station at Derby, and enlisted 1 June, 1914. He was sent to France 9 Oct. following, was severely wounded in the fighting around Ypres, 19 Nov. 1914, and died at No. 4 Clearing Hospital two days later. He was buried in the Military New Cemetery at Poperinghe; _unm._

=BOND, OLIVER HUGH DEVEREUX=, Sapper, No. 2074, 1/1st Kent Field Coy., R.E., only _s._ of the late David Bond, of Bovey Tracey, South Devon, by his wife, Harriett (Watford, near Rugby, Northamptonshire), dau. of Hugh Devereux; _b._ South Kensington, 4 June, 1891; educ. Long Buckby (Rugby) Council School; was a Plumber; enlisted 22 May, 1915, and went to the Dardanelles 23 Sept. 1915. He was mortally wounded by a Turkish shell when returning from a day’s work in the trenches, at Lala Baba, Suvla, 1 Dec. 1915, and died an hour later. The doctor who attended him said: “He was one of the bravest lads I have had under my notice during the war,” and his N.C.O. wrote: “He did not know what fear was.” He was buried in the Reserve Area, 2nd Mounted Division, south of Chocolate Hill; _unm._

=BOND, SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3693), S.S. 101259, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOND, THOMAS MORGAN=, 2nd Lieut., 11th Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, late Private, No. 9973, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., yst. _s._ of Major Thomas Morgan Bond, of 37, St. James’ Square, Holland Park, W., R.A.M.C. (retired), by his wife, Martha Francis, dau. of Alexander Meiklejohn, of Greenock; _b._ Belfast, 12 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex; enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 10 Aug. 1914, five days after the declaration of war, and at once joined his battn. for training at Crowborough. He left for France on 4 Nov., served in the trenches through the winter and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 2 May, 1915, aged 18 years and 7 months; _unm._ He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Irish Rifles, 10 May, to rank as from 10 March, but did not live to take up his commission.

=BOND, WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7905), S.S. 103590, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BONE, HARRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12056, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BONE, WILLIAM GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. 1652, 1/4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st _s._ of William George Bone, of 253, Seward Street Buildings, Goswell Road, E.C., by his wife, Ada Rose; _b._ St. Luke’s, London, E.C., 29 Aug. 1895; educ. L.C.C. Central School; enlisted Aug. 1913, and was killed in action in Flanders, 27 April, 1915; _unm._

=BONFIELD, JAMES GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14967, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=BONIFACE, VICTOR GORDON JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 204435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BONNAR, WILLIAM McGREGOR=, Trooper, No. 726, 6th Australian Light Horse, 3rd _s._ of William Bonnar, of 51, Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, Joint General Manager, New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Ltd., by his wife, Mary Strachan Baird, dau. of John Calderwood; _b._ Edinburgh, 31 March, 1890; educ. George Watson’s College there, which he left in 1909, deciding to take up stock farming. After some training in Lauderdale he left Scotland for Australia, where he spent four years on a large sheep and cattle station in New South Wales. Soon after the outbreak of war he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. 1914, proceeded in March, 1915, with reinforcements of his regt. to Egypt, and two months later crossed to Gallipoli. He had volunteered for bombing work, and while engaged in this was severely wounded and died on the hospital ship Sicilia two days later, 13 June, 1915, being buried at sea three miles off Gaba Tepe; _unm._

=BOONE, CHARLES FREDERICK DE BOHUN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Essex Regt., eldest _s._ of the late Col. Frederick Browne Boone, H.E.I.C.S., by his wife, Mary Frederica, dau. of Major-Gen. Wavell, F.R.S; _b._ Nagode, India, 16 May, 1870; educ. Haileybury, and Oriel College, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 July, 1892, and promoted Lieut. 30 Sept. 1896, and Capt. 9 Oct. 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers from Sept. 1902 to Nov. 1906, and was afterwards attached to the staff of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; served with the relief force in the Chitral campaign (medal with clasp), 1895; in the South African War, 1900–2, being employed with the mounted infantry; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, Transvaal (May-Oct. 1900 and again Nov. 1901–May 1902), and in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River (Jan. 1901); present at the actions at Vet River (5–6 May, 1900), the Zand River, Diamond Hill (11–12 June), Belfast (26–27 Aug.), Frederickstad (17–25 Oct.), and at Colesberg (1–29 Jan. 1901), etc. (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901], Queen’s medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Aug.-Sept. 1914; wounded at the Battle of the Marne, and died in the Lycée Pasteur, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 23 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=BOORER, WALTER JAMES=, Trooper, No. 1839, West Kent Yeomanry, eldest _s._ of Walter George Boorer, of High Street, Cobham, Surrey, Printer and Publisher, formerly of Dorking, by his wife, Rachel, dau. of the late Samuel Butler of Tooting, Surrey; _b._ Dorking, co. Surrey, 15 Jan. 1897; educ. St. Martin’s National School, Dorking; volunteered and enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept., and was killed in the trenches there, 8 Nov. 1915. He was buried in his regimental cemetery in Y Ravine at Helles, Gallipoli. His Major wrote: “Your son and another man were both killed by the same shell, which came down the trench in which they were in. Death was almost instantaneous, and he could have suffered no pain. He had not been long in my squadron, but during the time he was with me he did his duty as a soldier, and displayed great courage under fire.”

=BOORMAN, CYRIL ADLINGTON=, Trooper, No. 801, posthumous Lieut. B. Squadron West Kent Yeomanry (T.F.), only child of Frederick William Boorman, of Gravesend, Solicitor and Commissioner for Oaths; _b._ Gravesend, 11 Sept. 1891; educ. King’s School, Rochester, where he held a King’s Scholarship; joined the West Kent Yeomanry in 1913, and on mobilization volunteered for foreign service with them, but died at home of cerebro-spinal meningitis, contracted while in training at Westbere, near Canterbury, 3 March, 1915. He was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. R.E. 27 March, to rank as from 1 March (prior to death). Lieut. the Hon. A. R. Mills wrote: “He joined the troop with me in 1913, and was under me for two trainings and, of course, since mobilisation, and was one of my most efficient men--intelligent, keen, and a first-rate soldier, and I feel sure would have made a most excellent officer.” Mr. Boorman was in his school cricket eleven for several years and captain of the football eleven; he also held the record for the long jump at the school sports, and was a member of the Gravesend Cricket and Rowing Clubs. He had matriculated at London University and passed the A.M.I.C.E. examination.

=BOOT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1076, 7th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George Arthur Boot, of Risley House, 1 Berridge Road East, Nottingham, by his wife, Mary Kate, dau. of Mark Spink Shaw; _b._ Robin Hood’s Chase, Nottingham, 29 April, 1893; educ. Grosvenor School. He joined the Nottingham Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) as a driver (No. 328), 27 June, 1911, and obtained his discharge 30 Sept. 1913, after which he went to Australia. On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 7th Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, left with his battn. for the Dardanelles, was dangerously wounded in the head in action there, 9 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Nevasa on the 27th of that month; _unm._ He was buried at sea. His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, the elder, Leonard, with the Red Cross in France; the yr., George Harold, as Lieut. in the 15th Sherwood Foresters in France.

=BOOTH, GEORGE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24708 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BOOTH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10630 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=BOOTH, ROLAND HARTLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24104 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Arthur Newsome Booth, of 177, Newsome Road, Huddersfield, co. York; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=BOOTH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 21338, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Thomas Henry Booth, of 46, Ball Haye Road, Leek, Leather Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Bamford, of Stafford; _b._ Leek, co. Stafford, 24 Feb. 1877; educ. Leek Grammar School; was for some time manager of his father’s leather warehouse; joined the 2nd Manchester Volunteers in 1896, and the 1st Coy. North Staffordshire Volunteers in 1900, and served with them until their disbandment on the organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907; went to Canada in June, 1912, and was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Co., at Winnipeg; volunteered and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, 31 March, 1915; was shot by a sniper while being relieved from the trenches at Ploegsteert, 2 Sept., and died of wounds in the Northern General Hospital, Leicester, on the 30th of that month. Buried in the family vault at Leek; _unm._

=BOOTH, TOM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOOTHAWAY, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 9127, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Alonzo Boothaway, of Central Avenue, Wigston Magna, co. Leicester. Hosiery Framework Knitter, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Vann; _b._ Wigston Magna, 4 Jan. 1892; educ. Board School there; enlisted 28 May, 1911, and at the time of the outbreak of war was serving as a valet at King Edward VII Hospital, Grosvenor Gardens, W. He went through the retreat from Mons, was wounded on 7 Nov. 1914, but recovered and returned to the trenches on 24 Dec., and was killed in action near Festubert, 3 Jan. 1915, while being relieved from the trenches. He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune (Richebourg Road, Row B, Grave 17); _unm._

=BOOTHBY, JAMES ROBERT=, Lieut.-Commander R.N.V.R., No. 4 Squadron Armoured Cars, formerly Lieut., Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the late Alexander Cunningham Boothby, of St. Andrews, by his wife, Madeline (now wife of Alexander Rigaud Wilson Wood, of 7, Abbotsford Crescent, St. Andrews), dau. of Frederick Lewis Maitland Heriot, of Ramornie, co. Fife; _b._ Springfield House, Cupar, Fife, 17 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Salvators, St. Andrews, and Glenalmond College, Perthshire. In May, 1900, he joined the Fife Artillery Militia. He served in the 24th Battn. Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War, receiving medal with five clasps. He rejoined the Fife Artillery in 1903 and was subsequently appointed to the Royal Scots and served in India. When the regt. came home he resigned owing to temporary ill-health and went to Vancouver. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and obtained a commission in the Armoured Car Division. He was killed in action on 1 May, 1915, at Gallipoli, the day after landing at Gaba Tepe. His commanding officer wrote: “I can only say this, that every officer and man in the Armoured Car Force simply loved Jim Boothby. I never want a more loyal, good-hearted and good-natured second in command than he was. His own men saw that he had, what perhaps few out there got, a proper burial.” He was _unm._

=BOREHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st class (R.F.R., B. 4450), S.S. 103462, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BOSANQUET, LIONEL ARTHUR=, of Cleddon Hall, co. Monmouth, Lieut.-Col., 9th Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts, and Derby Regt.), eldest _s._ of the late Arthur Bosanquet, of Cleddon Hall, J.P., I.C.S., Judge, Bombay Presidency, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Col. Andrew Crawford, and grandson of Augustus Henry Bosanquet, of Ossidge, Southgate, H.E.I.C.S.; _b._ Southgate, co. Herts., 29 Jan. 1862; educ. Mr. Rose’s private school, Ramsgate, and Harrow; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut. to the Sherwood Foresters, 10 March, 1883, and promoted Capt. 8 May, 1892, and Major 9 May, 1903. He served in the Tirah Campaign 1897–8, took part in the operations in the Bazar Valley (25–30 Dec. 1897), the action at Dargai, and in the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the medal with two clasps; and retired in 1911. On the outbreak of war he rejoined and was given command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of his regt., 26 Oct., 1914. He went out to the Dardanelles and was in action from the 23 July to 22 Aug. 1915. He was wounded on 9 Aug. but rejoined in a week and was killed in action 22 Aug. 1915. Col. Bosanquet was killed (believed by machine guns) in Dead Man’s Gully, while leading his battn. To quote from a General’s letter, whose brigade found and buried his body: “He must have done well, for he was close up to the enemy, ahead of most of his men, who were stretched out behind him, never a one with his back turned, and all in perfect alignment.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [and published in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated 28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Col. Bosanquet _m._ at Crockham Hill, Kent, 31 Aug. 1892, Alice Emily (7, Springfield Place, Bath), 2nd dau. of the Rev. John Erskine Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, co. Dumbarton, M.A., J.P., D.L., formerly Vicar of Southwold and Crockham Hill, and granddaughter of the late John Campbell-Colquhoun, of Killermont and Garscaddon, by his wife, the Hon. Henrietta Maria, née Powys, dau. of Thomas, 2nd Lord Lilford, and had issue: Cicely Alice Colquhoun, _b._ 25 Nov. 1893; and Eveline Louise Emmeline, _b._ 11 Jan. 1899.

=BOSANQUET, SIDNEY COURTHOPE=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The Middlesex Regt., elder _s._ of Charles John Bosanquet, of Stokesay, Kidbrook Park, Blackheath, Electrical Engineer, by his wife, Edith, elder dau. of the Rev. John Lloyd, of Llanvapley, co. Monmouth, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Stanley Bosanquet, Rector of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln, and great nephew of the late Samuel Richard Bosanquet, of Forest House and Dingeston Court, co. Monmouth, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Belvedere, co. Kent, 15 July, 1894; educ. St. Lawrence’s College, Ramsgate; received his commission 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Houplines, near Armentières, 16 Dec. 1914; _unm._

=BOSEMAN, JOHN=, Private, No. 631, 1st Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force; a native of co. Armagh, Ireland; volunteered on the outbreak of war; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915.