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Charles Basil Boulden

In memory of:

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Basil Boulden

January 29, 1944
India

Military Service

Service Number:

10840

Age:

41

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Engineers

Additional Information

Born:

October 19, 1902
Brockville, Ontario

Son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada.

Commemorated on Page 254 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY
India

Grave Reference:

Plot L. Grave 127.

Location:

CALCUTTA(BHOWANIPORE)CEMETERY is 1 km from the southern end of the Calcutta Maiden and is enclosed by a high wall. The war plot is at the rear of the civilian cemetery, some 200 metres from the main entrance. The address is 15 Debendra Lal Khan Road, Calcutta 700027.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Charles Basil Boulden– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Charles Basil Boulden – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1517 Lt Col Charles Basil Boulden OBE. (RMC 1920) was the son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on Jan 29, 1944 at 42 years of age. He was buried in the Bhowanpore Cemetery in Calcutta, India

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    Stained Glass Window
    Stained Glass Window – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1517 Lt Col Charles Basil Boulden OBE. (RMC 1920) was the son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on Jan 29, 1944 at 42 years of age. He was buried in the Bhowanpore Cemetery in Calcutta, India
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1517 Lt Col Charles Basil Boulden OBE. (RMC 1920) was the son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on Jan 29, 1944 at 42 years of age. He was buried in the Bhowanpore Cemetery in Calcutta, India

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    Plaque
    Plaque – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1517 Lt Col Charles Basil Boulden OBE. (RMC 1920) was the son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on Jan 29, 1944 at 42 years of age. He was buried in the Bhowanpore Cemetery in Calcutta, India
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1517 Lt Col Charles Basil Boulden OBE. (RMC 1920) was the son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on Jan 29, 1944 at 42 years of age. He was buried in the Bhowanpore Cemetery in Calcutta, India

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1517 Lt Col Charles Basil Boulden OBE. (RMC 1920) was the son of the Revd. Charles John Boulden, M.A., D.C.L., and Edith Mary Boulden, of Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on Jan 29, 1944 at 42 years of age. He was buried in the Bhowanpore Cemetery in Calcutta, India

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