Captain Edgar Allen Boucher
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Boucher,
Edgar Allen
Date of birth: 1886-04-09
Place of birth: Maesteg Wales Wales
Next of kin: Thomas & Miriam Boucher, Maesteg, Wales
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Banker, Imperial Bank of Can.
Address:
Calgary, Alberta
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-09-15
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 79019
Highest Rank:
Captain
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
Captain, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-11-14 to 1916-09-15
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Died of shell concussion during attack on Courcelette.
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1565468
LAC ID:
54385
Service file: B0911A-S012
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Boucher, of Maesteg, Wales; husband of Violet Boucher, of Aberdeen Apartments, Calgary, Alberta.
Member of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders and 103rd Calgary Rifles Militia prior to enlisting with the 31st. Battalion.
The medical officer's war diary states that he was killed in the vicinity of Pozieres which is close to Coucelette. This info is on P.8 of the September 1916 war diary.
Uploader's Research notes: [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion B Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20