Charles Hamilton Boucher

Major-General Sir Charles Hamilton Boucher, (26 October 1898 – 14 November 1951) was a British Indian Army officer 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, after which he attended Wellington Cadet College in India. 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. 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.