Boulton, Nigel Philip (Captain, b.1888 - d.1969) Accession Number: 1DRL/0137

Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of Captain Nigel Philip Boulton, Royal Army Medical Corps [RAMC]. Collection consists of letters (a couple are incomplete) written by Capt Boulton, home to his mother and family in Australia.

Wallet 1
Folder 1 - 13 letters written during 1914 while serving with Royal Garrison Artillery in Dover Castle, England.
Folder 2 - 21 letters written during January to June 1915 while serving with Royal Garrison Artillery in Dover Castle, England; at sea; No 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.
Folder 3 - 18 letters written during July to December 1915 while serving at No 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.

Wallet 2
Folder 1 - 7 letters written during 1916 while serving at No 15 General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt; No 17 Field Ambulance, France.
Folder 2 - 9 letters written during 1917 while serving 'somewhere in France' and No 10 Convalescent Depot, France.
Folder 3 - 11 letters written during 1918 while serving at No 10 Convalescent Depot, France; and 'somewhere in Belgium'.
Folder 4 - 1 letter written in 1919 from Solingen, Germany. Also included are 2 letters written to Boulton by his mother - one following the death of his brother Lieutenant Stephen Philip Boulton in 1918, the other after the war.

Capt Boulton was born in Australia and was studying medicine in London when war broke out - he joined the British Army in September 1914. He returned to Australia in March 1919 after took up a medical practice in Ryde.

These letters along with those of his brother have been published in 'Brothers in Arms: The Great War Letters of Captain Nigel Boulton, RAMC, & Lieut Stephen Boulton, AIF', held in the Memorial's collection at 940.48194 B764b.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0137
Maker
Captain Nigel Philip Boulton
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1914-1919; 1928
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
82
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Provenance
AWM315 895/004/193
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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