Friends

Of

Hastings

Cemetery

EL G29 - fallen headstone

In loving memory of

Henry Harvey Boys. Vice Admiral

who entered April 23 1914 Aged 74 years.

“So he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be”

Also of
Ellen Julia
His beloved wife
Who was called home

On October 15th 1915.  Aged 72 years

“Looking for that blessed hope. the glorious appearing of our saviour Christ”

V-Admiral Henry Harvey Boys

Born 1839 in Walmer, Kent, England, son of William Boys and Charlotte Sophia (Greenall)

Husband of Ellen Julia (Smith) Boys — married 1867 in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire,

Father of Percy Sayer Boys, Marion Lucy Boys, Evelyn Emily Boys and Florence Grace Boys

Life & Career
Entered the Royal Navy.
Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Appointment: 12 August 1852
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 4 April, 1870.
Boys was promoted to the rank of Captain on 29 January, 1880
Captain of H.M.S. Cordelia 25 Jan, 1887
Captain of H.M.S. Howe 9 May, 1890
Captain of H.M.S. Thunderer 29 Aug, 1892
Flag Captain at the Nore 29 Aug, 1892
In Command of Sheerness Gunnery School 29 Aug, 1892[14]
He was placed on the Retired List on 25 October, 1894.

The Times, October 22, 1894
Official notification was given on Saturday of the retirement from the Royal Navy, by reason of age, of Capt. Henry Harvey Boys, Flag - Captain to Vice - Admiral Sir Algernon C. F. Heneage, K.C.B., Commander - in - Chief at the Nore.
Capt. Boys, who entered the Royal Navy in August, 1852 is in receipt of a pension for wounds and also a captain's good service pension and has held the appointment of flag - captain at Sheerness since August 29, 1892

He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 January, 1895, and to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 17 March, 1901.

Boys died at Bonnington, Hastings, on 23 April, 1914, aged seventy-five.   A service was held at St. Matthew's Church, St. Leonards, on 28 April.

Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 25 April 1914
LOSS TO ST. MATTHEW'S.  DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL BOYS.
We regret to announce the death of Admiral H. H. Boys, of Bonnington. Amherst-gardens. Hastings, which occurred on Thursday, from pneumonia.

The gallant Admiral was 74 years of age, but had retained his vigour up to his last illness. He had been in the Navy for 44 years, and in the course of his long career he took part in several engagements.  He was in the Baltic during the Crimean War.  He was Flag-Captain to Admiral Heneage at the Nore — his last Naval appointment.

[The Nore Station was one of the three Home Ports of the Royal Navy.  Named for the Nore sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames, it encompassed Chatham Royal Dockyard and Sheerness Royal Dockyard and ships not attached to other fleets.]

For the past 12 years the Admiral had resided at Hastings, and during the greater part of that time he had been Rector's Warden of St. Matthew's, Silverhill.   He took great interest all matters connected with that church.  Admiral Boys leaves a widow and family. 1 p. only; ink and pencil manuscript]- (1 vol.)Account book of H. H. Boys of Bonningtrincipalcurrent personal income and household expenditure 1910-1916, with some entries for "halfpay", and investment income, also brief entries for income and expenditure from 1868, and for "Nellie"s Trust" (1 vol. )

See also - http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Henry_Harvey_Boys

Kent Archives holds - Journal of H. H. Boys, in sections:

1) as Captain of H. M. S. Cordelia, at Yokohama, Kobe and Hong Kong, formal record of weather and ship's position 1889.
2) notes on reading Farrar's Life of Christ 1891-1900.
3) diary at Yokohama and Hong Kong, naval duties and social life 1889.
4) commanding H. M. S. Iron Duke at Plymouth 1889,
[last section 1 p. only; ink and pencil manuscript]- (1 vol.)
Account book of H. H. Boys of Bonnington, principally current personal income and household expenditure 1910-1916, with some entries for "halfpay", and investment income, also brief entries for income and expenditure from 1868, and for "Nellie"s Trust" (1 vol. )