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Edmund Knyvett Boileau, RE Capt.

Male 1875 - 1917  (~ 42 years)


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  • Name Edmund Knyvett Boileau  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Suffix RE Capt. 
    Born Apr 1875  Hethel, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 1 Aug 1875  Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Occupation Abt 1900 
    Gamewarden in Kenya 
    _MILT 1915 
    Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Engineers- topography (map-making) 
    Died 18 Oct 1917  Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Killed by a sniper
    Probate 24 Apr 1918  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I17333  Swetenham

    Father George Wilson (ii) Boileau, (Col) JP DL FRGS FRZS,   b. Bef 22 Oct 1821, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1902, St Faith's, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Fanny Eliza Knyvett,   b. 23 Jun 1832, Allipur, Chittagong, Bangladesh Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1895, Hethel Hall, Hethel, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 16 Jan 1850  Lucknow, Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F5540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In July 1916 Edmund Knyvett landed at Mombasa, in East Africa, in command of No 6 Topographical Section, RE as a temporary Captain. The section was split up and used to provide reconnaissance staff for three divisional columns. Movement was rapid and no regular mapping could be done, but the men of the section were able to keep the columns placed on the map and to do other useful work.

  • Sources 
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    2. [S468] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).

    3. [S3672] Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 42/10.

    4. [S3672] Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 42/4.

    5. [S457] India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).