, Major-General Sir Charles Boucher KBE,CB, DSO and bar (born 1898; died 1951) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II.

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  • , Major-General Sir Charles Boucher KBE,CB, DSO and bar (born 1898; died 1951) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II. Whilst commanding Indian 10th Infantry Brigade he was captured on 6 June 1942 during the fighting in the Knightsbridge Cauldron when his headquarters were overrun. He was held as a POW in Italy until the Italian Armistice with Italy in 1943 when he made his way back to the Allied lines in southern Italy. In February 1944 he assumed command of Indian 8th Infantry Division's 17th Infantry Brigade, leading them through the final Battle of Monte Cassino, the advance north of Rome and the fighting on the Gothic Line. In January 1945 Boucher took command of Indian 4th Infantry Division which had been sent to Greece in November 1944 to help stabilise the country after the Axis withdrawal." (en)
  • , Major-General Sir Charles Boucher KBE,CB, DSO and bar (born 1898; died 1951) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II. Whilst commanding Indian 10th Infantry Brigade he was captured on 6 June 1942 during the fighting in the Knightsbridge Cauldron when his headquarters were overrun. He was held as a POW in Italy until the Italian Armistice with Italy in 1943 when he made his way back to the Allied lines in southern Italy. In February 1944 he assumed command of Indian 8th Infantry Division's 17th Infantry Brigade, leading them through the final Battle of Monte Cassino, the advance north of Rome and the fighting on the Gothic Line. In January 1945 Boucher took command of Indian 4th Infantry Division which had been sent to Greece in November 1944 to help stabilise the country after the Axis withdrawal. (en)
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  • 10th Indian Infantry Brigade
    17th Indian Infantry Brigade to )
    Indian 4th Infantry Division
    Indian 2nd Airborn Division (en)
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  • 1918-04-26 (xsd:date)
  • 1936-05-08 (xsd:date)
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  • - (en)
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  • Charles Hamilton Boucher (en)
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  • , Major-General Sir Charles Boucher KBE,CB, DSO and bar (born 1898; died 1951) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II. (en)
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  • Charles Hamilton Boucher (en)
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