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Charles Boulnois & Family, p.3

William A. Boulnois

BIRTH: abt 1868 - India

RESIDENCE: 1881 - Clifton, Gloucestershire, England [This was Clifton College]

War Office, 18th May, 1906.

The following Despatches have been received by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs :—From the Earl of Cromer to the Marquess of Lansdowne. August 27, 1905.
Your Lordship will observe that three more names are added to the somewhat long list of British officers who have lost their lives in this portion of the Soudan.  Captain Armstrong was killed in 1903 by an elephant, and, more recently, Major Boulnois, Royal Artillery, and Lieutenant Fell, late Royal Navy—both officers of exceptional promise—died of disease.

Road Sketch in Marocco shewing Routes of the British Mission to the Sultan's Court by Lieut. W.A. Boulnois R.A. 1887

Morocco. 'Road Sketch in Marocco shewing Routes of the British Mission to the Sultan's Court by Lieut. W.A. Boulnois R.A. 1887'. Reference table and key to Arab terms. Insets: plan of Rabat, and nine views (towers, forts, houses, a tomb and a bridge). Lithographed at the Intelligence Division, War Office, February 1888. Below the map is a tabulated report of the route, signed by Boulnois.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 18, 1906
MEMORANDUM.

Major W. A. Boulnois, Royal Artillery, would have been recommended to His Majesty for reward, had he survived.

In this connection I desire especially to bring to notice the very valuable services rendered by the late Major Boulnois, who was responsible for the organization and leading of the force, and to whom the success which has been attained was principally due.  As a leader and administrator he showed himself to be possessed of very high qualities, and in his dealings with the Congo Free State officials, with whom he came in contact, he displayed much tact and discretion.  It is with the deepest regret that I have to record the loss of this valuable officer, who died near Mvolo in May last from the effects of a severe attack of dysentery, whilst on his way back to Wau.  I attribute his loss to a long period of service in the Bahr-el-Ghazal, culminating in the severe strain which was thrown upon him by the arduous nature of the recent operations.

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