Name
Charles Frederick De Bohun Boone
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/09/1914
44
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Essex Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
4. 23. 3.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 16 May 1870 in Nagod, India son of Col. Frederick de Bohun Boone (6th Madras Inf.) and Mary (Wavell) Boone. Educated at Haileybury College 1884–88, Oriel College, Oxford and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was unmarried. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 13 Jul 1892 and promoted Captain on 9 Oct 1900. Served in Chitral Expedition in 1895 and South African Campaign 1900-02. Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 Sep 1901). Member of Staff at Sandhurst.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 24 Aug 1914 at Le Havre. He was wounded at the Battle of the Marne and died of wounds at the American Hospital, Neuilly, Paris.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
