William Ewart Boulter
Sergeant, 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 109 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Sergeant all Sergeants →
- Unit
- 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment all Northamptonshire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 14 July 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 26th October 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 14th October 1892 at Wigston, Leicestershire
- Died
- 1st June 1955 at Wimbledon, Surrey
- Memorial / grave
- Lieutenant Boulter was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium
- Medal held by
- the Northamptonshire Regiment's Museum
Digest of citation
On 14th July 1916 at Trones Wood, France, when one company and part of another was held up in the attack on a wood by a hostile machine gun which was causing heavy casualties. Sergeant Boulter, with utter contempt of danger, and in spite of being wounded in the shoulder, advanced alone over open ground under heavy fire, in front of the gun and bombed the gun team from their position. This act not only saved many casualties, but materially helped the operation of clearing the enemy out of the wood
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BOULTER, William Ewart. (reg No. 109).
Sergeant 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 26th October 1916.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Northamptonshire Regiment's Museum.
Born on 14th October 1892 at Wigston, Leicestershire.
Died on 1st June 1955 at Wimbledon, Surrey.
Memorial: Lieutenant Boulter was cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium.
Digest of Citation reads: On 14th July 1916 at Trones Wood, France, when one company and part of another was held up in the attack on a wood by a hostile machine gun which was causing heavy casualties. Sergeant Boulter, with utter contempt of danger, and in spite of being wounded in the shoulder, advanced alone over open ground under heavy fire, in front of the gun and bombed the gun team from their position. This act not only saved many casualties, but materially helped the operation of clearing the enemy out of the wood.
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