Sergeant William Boulter VC 6th Bn;The Northamptonshire Regt.

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

I accquired this photo recently from a box of odd Old Press photos ~ A Gem!

Prepared ready for inclusion in "IWT Page 608" whatever that was, scribed & marked out ready for trimming;Thank goodness they didnt!

It shows William Boulter VC as a Sergeant in fine repose.

[eviltaxman]

Great photo. Could I please ask if you could do a hi-res scan (to about 700kb-1mb) and e-mail me a copy? I'm slowly (very slowly) building up a small photo collection of VC headstones and other odds 'n sods.

Cheers,

Les.

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

Les;

My pleasure!{not one Ive seen in print of him before,even the Gliddon VC books pictures aren't as good}

R.

[Stebie9173]

I Was There Issue 15, page 608

It's in a short picture article "VCs of the Ypres League" where he appears along with Lance-Sergeant Belcher of the 5th Londons & Lance-Corporal Wilcox of the 2/4th Ox & Bucks LI, in uniform and also a picture of all three with wreath commemorating those lost in the Salient for ceremony in Horse Guards parade 30-10-1938. Only Belcher won his VC at Ypres, and Lt. Boulter only fought there very briefly with the 7th Northamptonshire Regiment.

Yes, it was cropped. Just below breast pockets and cutting Sgt stripes in half vertically.

Steve.

[Stebie9173]

Here is the article:

Steve.

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

IWT! Doh! Nice one Steve.

Thanks its a shame they left a paperclip on it to go rusty for 80 years!

[Stebie9173]

Most impressive picture I've seen of him, the cropped one doesn't do him justice.

I'd follow that man into battle.

Steve.