Individual Details
Capt Sir Gerald Fortescue M Boles
(19 Jun 1900 - 9 Apr 1945)
Events
| Birth | 19 Jun 1900 | Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 16 Jul 1900 | St Jude, South Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1901 | Clyst Saint Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Marriage | Jun 1927 | Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - Violet Blanche Hall Parlby | |||
| Residence | 1941 | Somerset, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 9 Apr 1945 | CWGC WW2 Bari War Cemetery - Provincia di Bari, Puglia, Italy, Italy |  |
Families
| Spouse | Violet Blanche Hall Parlby (1901 - 1974) |
| Child | Jeremy John Fortescue Boles Sir 3rd Bt (1932 - 2014) |
| Father | Sir Dennis Fortescu Boles Esq (1861 - 1935) |
| Mother | Lady Beatrice Ringrose Lysaght (1866 - 1939) |
Notes
Death
Captain Sir GERALD FORTESCUE BOLESService Number: 18630
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Armoured Corps 17th/21st Lancers.
Died 09 April 1945
Age 44 years old
Buried or commemorated at BARI WAR CEMETERY XIV. F. 7. Italy
• Country of Service United Kingdom
• Additional Info 2nd Bt. Son of Lt.-Col. Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, C.B.E., D.L., J.P., 1st Bt., and Lady (Beatrice Ringrose) Boles, of Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset; husband of Lady (Violet Blanche Hall) Boles, of Kingston, Somerset. His brother Hastings Fortescue Boles fell in the 1914-1918 War.