Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
NameThomas Whicher Boileau 
15
15Birth30 Aug 1904, Cranbrook, Kent15
Death199015
FatherThomas Smalley Boileau (1851-1933)
MotherSelina Mary Whicher
Notes for Thomas Whicher Boileau
15[BBB]: Educ at Dulwich College and RMC Sandhurst. Commissioned to Royal Corps of Signals : 2 Lt, 27 Aug 1924. After service at Maresfield and Catterick, went to India and served mostly on the NW Frontier, where he took part in operations in 1930-31. ADC to the GOC-in-C, Western Command, India, Jun 1931-June 1932. Chitral relief Force, 1932; Mohmand - Bajaur Expedition 1933. IGSM with two clasps. On return to UK, appt Adjt, School of Signals at Catterick, Oct 1934 to Sep 1937. Promoted Captain Aug 1935. Comd Apprentice Boys Training Company, 1937-39.
War of 1939-45 : BEF France, from Dec 1939 Adjt HQ Signals, GHQ and took part in the campaign of 1940, 10-31 May, being evacuated through Dunkirk. Mentioned in despcthes: "Owing to the frequent moves of HQ and with many scattered signal offices and detachments to control, the Adjt's task was arduous, and during operations necessitated long periods without sleep; but his excellent organisation made the most efficient use of the available communications, and ensured the evacuation of the unit"
He became Senior Instructor, School of Signals, July 1940, with the rank of Major (subs Aug 1941), and Comd Div Signals, 9th Armoured Div, with rank of Lt Col, May 1941. Chief Military Signal Officer, with rank of Col on the Staff of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, SE Asia Command, Dec 1943, serving in Delhi and Ceylon, until the end of the war against Japan in 1945. OBE, 1946; 1939-45 Star, Defence and War Medals.
Then to 13 Corps as Chief Signal Officer, and later CO Signals, 1st Armoured Div Signals, Trieste. OC Western Comd Signal regt, Chester, 1947-50. Subs Lt Col; Aug 1945. OC L of C Signals, TA, in Western Comd, with HQ at Chester, 1950. Retd with Hon rank of Col: 29 Nov 1953. County Comdt, Army Cadet Force, Cheshire, 1953-56 in rank of Col.
City Councillor, Chester, 1953-62.
m 30 Aug 1945, Hon Margaret Marion, dau of Lord Kindersley, and widow of Capt A Belmont, RA. No issue. (Four step-children).
Resided for some years at Ewhurst, Sussex, then Headley, Hants and finally Hove. He d. in 1990.
War of 1939-45 : BEF France, from Dec 1939 Adjt HQ Signals, GHQ and took part in the campaign of 1940, 10-31 May, being evacuated through Dunkirk. Mentioned in despcthes: "Owing to the frequent moves of HQ and with many scattered signal offices and detachments to control, the Adjt's task was arduous, and during operations necessitated long periods without sleep; but his excellent organisation made the most efficient use of the available communications, and ensured the evacuation of the unit"
He became Senior Instructor, School of Signals, July 1940, with the rank of Major (subs Aug 1941), and Comd Div Signals, 9th Armoured Div, with rank of Lt Col, May 1941. Chief Military Signal Officer, with rank of Col on the Staff of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, SE Asia Command, Dec 1943, serving in Delhi and Ceylon, until the end of the war against Japan in 1945. OBE, 1946; 1939-45 Star, Defence and War Medals.
Then to 13 Corps as Chief Signal Officer, and later CO Signals, 1st Armoured Div Signals, Trieste. OC Western Comd Signal regt, Chester, 1947-50. Subs Lt Col; Aug 1945. OC L of C Signals, TA, in Western Comd, with HQ at Chester, 1950. Retd with Hon rank of Col: 29 Nov 1953. County Comdt, Army Cadet Force, Cheshire, 1953-56 in rank of Col.
City Councillor, Chester, 1953-62.
m 30 Aug 1945, Hon Margaret Marion, dau of Lord Kindersley, and widow of Capt A Belmont, RA. No issue. (Four step-children).
Resided for some years at Ewhurst, Sussex, then Headley, Hants and finally Hove. He d. in 1990.