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Major General Sir Charles Hamilton Boucher & Bar (26 October 1898 – 14 November 1951) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars. ==Early life and career== Boucher was born on 26 October 1898, the son of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Boucher. He was educated at Wellington College from 1912 to 1915,〔Wellington College Register p306〕 after which he attended Wellington Cadet College in India.〔London Gazette 6 February 1917 page 1281 - see header on section announcing his commission〕 Boucher was commissioned into the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 14 November 1916 and was appointed to the Indian Army on 1 December, attached to 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) although he was later to transfer to the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1919. He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 November 1917 and saw service against the Marris in India from 1 March to 8 April 1918, then saw service in Palestine in October 1918.〔Indian Army Supplement 1941〕 After the war he returned to India and saw action on the North West Frontier in Waziristan during the period 1919–21 and 1921–24. He was Mentioned in Despatches.〔〔 He was promoted captain on 14 November 1920. 〔Indian Army List April 1923〕 Boucher attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1931 to 1932.〔(Obituary, The Times 19 November 1951 )〕 In April 1933 he was appointed a General Staff Officer Grade III. In November 1934 he relinquished the staff post and was promoted to major to take up a field appointment as a brigade major. In 1936 for "distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier of India, during the period 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October 1935" he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). He was appointed an instructor at the Staff College, Quetta from 21 January 1938 to 21 September 1940 with the local rank of lieutenant colonel.〔(Generals.dk )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Hamilton Boucher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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