12071 Quarter-Master Sergeant James Boucher.
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
5th Battalion.
Husband of Annie Boucher, of 6, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, James and Annie Boucher were living at 42, Arklow Street, Dublin.
They had 3 children,
Mary Kathleen, aged 5.
Alice Josephine, aged 4,
James Chrisostom, aged 3 months.
James Boucher was a 44 year old postman, who had been born in Co. Dublin.
Cemetery Record.
Occupation: Soldier.
Age: 52.
Cause of Death: Paraplegia.
Place of Death: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Address: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Death Certificate.
James Boucher, aged 51, married, a Soldier, died at 39 Oxmanstown Road, on 13 January 1918.
The cause of death was Locomotor Ataxis, 1 year, certified.
The informant of his death was Annie Boucher, widow, present at death, who registered it on 17 January 1918.
The following was received from
Shane Mac Thomáis
the then resident historian at Glasnevin Cemetery.
James Boucher was born in Rathmines, Dublin to John and Julia Boucher on the 25th of September 1868. James enlisted in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, after initially being refused as being under height, and he is recorded as being 5' 4 ½ '' tall, weighing 8st 12lbs with blue eyes, light brown hair and a fair complexion. James had a tattoo of an anchor on his left forearm and a scar on his thumb and was working as a labourer.
James joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, a regiment that originated from the civilians of the town of Enniskillen in 1688 who took up arms to defend their town from the armies of James ll. This new army was so successful they became part of the army of William lll and fought at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. In 1745 it took part in the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden where the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, was finally and decisively defeated in his attempt to regain the throne of his forbears. James received his first promotion to Corporal in 1892 followed by a promotion to sergeant in October 1894. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were posted to India on the 2nd of March 1897 with the Irish Expeditionary force. They saw service during the great uprising of the Pathan tribes in the Tirah valley on the North-west frontier of India and remained on the continent until 1902 when they were sent to South Africa to take part in the closing stages of the Boer War. James, however, was stationed at Meean Meer and Dilwara in India but returned to Enniskillen on the 24th of June, 1898 suffering from 'ague' (fevers such as those that are caused by malaria).
James spends the next 10 years moving from Enniskillen to Derry, Omagh, Dover and back to Enniskillen. He also spends time at Aldershot in England, studying for further qualifications and is discharged in 1909. By now James is married to Annie King from Galway, they were married on the 13th of January 1903 and they had two daughters, Mary Kathleen and Anne Josephine. 1909 is also the year that James buried his daughter Julia Anne at Glasnevin cemetery. Julia had died at the age of four months from 'syncope' a sudden loss of sensation and motion, similar to sudden infant death syndrome. Their son, James Chrisosstom was born in 1910 and the family moved to 39 Oxmanstown Road in Stoneybatter, Dublin where James gets a job as a postman.
James re-enlists on the 25th of September, 1914, in Dublin shortly after the start of World War One and rejoins the 5th Battalion (service) of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (the skins) on the 10th of July 1915. James is now 46 years old and describes himself as Presbyterian although he was formerly Roman Catholic. On the 10th of July 1915 James is promoted to the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant and so is responsible for supplies. This makes James a non-commissioned officer that serves as a deputy to the Company Sergeant Major making him the second most senior NCO in the Company.
The Battalion are stationed in Dublin until August 1915 when they become part of the British Expeditionary Forces that begin the futile efforts to take control of the Dardanelles in Turkey.
The 5th Battalion stopped off in Cyprus and Egypt before landing at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli. While in Egypt in January 1916, James contracted dysentery, a condition he would have suffered from in his early army days in India. James is returned to the Southern General Hospital in Bristol and is diagnosed with Hemiplegia or paralysis of one side of his body and is deemed unfit for active service of any kind. James returns to Omagh on the 3rd of April 1916 and is discharged as unfit to serve on the 20th of June 1916.
James was decorated several times during his career, the India General Service 1895, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98,the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals and he received a full army pension for life but his condition was incurable and permanent as he had complete motor and sensory loss in his lower limbs and trunk. James returned to convalesce at his home in Stoneybatter, but died at the age of 52 on the 13th of January 1918. He is buried in the grave bought for his young daughter in 1909 in the St. Paul's plot in Glasnevin cemetery, row OB, grave 39.
James is also buried with his wife Annie who died of bronchitis at Richmond Hospital, Dublin on the 12th of September 1936, aged 62. James' daughter Kathleen of 56 Rathdown Rd. Dublin 7 died of heart failure at the Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin on the 15th of February 1995, aged 89 and also shares his grave. James' son James Chrisosstom is also buried with him as he also died in 1995 of heart failure, on Christmas Day in Fuengirola, Spain aged 83.
James Chrisosstom Boucher shared his home with his older sister Kathleen in Phibsborough and worked as a clerk for the E.S.B. (the state electricity board) but is best remembered as probably the finest cricketer that Ireland has ever produced.
James played for the Civil Service at the Phoenix Park where he debuted for the senior team in 1924 aged 14. James' career in international competitive cricket lasted until 1964 and he is one of only three Irish cricketers to take over 1000 wickets as his bowling was so good that it was said that it was impossible to see any way in which a batsman could defend his wicket. James is remembered with the words of the late Sean Pender, one of Ireland's best cricket journalists, "A legend in his own lifetime, his name and fame will live on in Irish sport for all time."
James Boucher's name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
5th Battalion.
Husband of Annie Boucher, of 6, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, James and Annie Boucher were living at 42, Arklow Street, Dublin.
They had 3 children,
Mary Kathleen, aged 5.
Alice Josephine, aged 4,
James Chrisostom, aged 3 months.
James Boucher was a 44 year old postman, who had been born in Co. Dublin.
Cemetery Record.
Occupation: Soldier.
Age: 52.
Cause of Death: Paraplegia.
Place of Death: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Address: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Death Certificate.
James Boucher, aged 51, married, a Soldier, died at 39 Oxmanstown Road, on 13 January 1918.
The cause of death was Locomotor Ataxis, 1 year, certified.
The informant of his death was Annie Boucher, widow, present at death, who registered it on 17 January 1918.
The following was received from
Shane Mac Thomáis
the then resident historian at Glasnevin Cemetery.
James Boucher was born in Rathmines, Dublin to John and Julia Boucher on the 25th of September 1868. James enlisted in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, after initially being refused as being under height, and he is recorded as being 5' 4 ½ '' tall, weighing 8st 12lbs with blue eyes, light brown hair and a fair complexion. James had a tattoo of an anchor on his left forearm and a scar on his thumb and was working as a labourer.
James joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, a regiment that originated from the civilians of the town of Enniskillen in 1688 who took up arms to defend their town from the armies of James ll. This new army was so successful they became part of the army of William lll and fought at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. In 1745 it took part in the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden where the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, was finally and decisively defeated in his attempt to regain the throne of his forbears. James received his first promotion to Corporal in 1892 followed by a promotion to sergeant in October 1894. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were posted to India on the 2nd of March 1897 with the Irish Expeditionary force. They saw service during the great uprising of the Pathan tribes in the Tirah valley on the North-west frontier of India and remained on the continent until 1902 when they were sent to South Africa to take part in the closing stages of the Boer War. James, however, was stationed at Meean Meer and Dilwara in India but returned to Enniskillen on the 24th of June, 1898 suffering from 'ague' (fevers such as those that are caused by malaria).
James spends the next 10 years moving from Enniskillen to Derry, Omagh, Dover and back to Enniskillen. He also spends time at Aldershot in England, studying for further qualifications and is discharged in 1909. By now James is married to Annie King from Galway, they were married on the 13th of January 1903 and they had two daughters, Mary Kathleen and Anne Josephine. 1909 is also the year that James buried his daughter Julia Anne at Glasnevin cemetery. Julia had died at the age of four months from 'syncope' a sudden loss of sensation and motion, similar to sudden infant death syndrome. Their son, James Chrisosstom was born in 1910 and the family moved to 39 Oxmanstown Road in Stoneybatter, Dublin where James gets a job as a postman.
James re-enlists on the 25th of September, 1914, in Dublin shortly after the start of World War One and rejoins the 5th Battalion (service) of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (the skins) on the 10th of July 1915. James is now 46 years old and describes himself as Presbyterian although he was formerly Roman Catholic. On the 10th of July 1915 James is promoted to the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant and so is responsible for supplies. This makes James a non-commissioned officer that serves as a deputy to the Company Sergeant Major making him the second most senior NCO in the Company.
The Battalion are stationed in Dublin until August 1915 when they become part of the British Expeditionary Forces that begin the futile efforts to take control of the Dardanelles in Turkey.
The 5th Battalion stopped off in Cyprus and Egypt before landing at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli. While in Egypt in January 1916, James contracted dysentery, a condition he would have suffered from in his early army days in India. James is returned to the Southern General Hospital in Bristol and is diagnosed with Hemiplegia or paralysis of one side of his body and is deemed unfit for active service of any kind. James returns to Omagh on the 3rd of April 1916 and is discharged as unfit to serve on the 20th of June 1916.
James was decorated several times during his career, the India General Service 1895, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98,the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals and he received a full army pension for life but his condition was incurable and permanent as he had complete motor and sensory loss in his lower limbs and trunk. James returned to convalesce at his home in Stoneybatter, but died at the age of 52 on the 13th of January 1918. He is buried in the grave bought for his young daughter in 1909 in the St. Paul's plot in Glasnevin cemetery, row OB, grave 39.
James is also buried with his wife Annie who died of bronchitis at Richmond Hospital, Dublin on the 12th of September 1936, aged 62. James' daughter Kathleen of 56 Rathdown Rd. Dublin 7 died of heart failure at the Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin on the 15th of February 1995, aged 89 and also shares his grave. James' son James Chrisosstom is also buried with him as he also died in 1995 of heart failure, on Christmas Day in Fuengirola, Spain aged 83.
James Chrisosstom Boucher shared his home with his older sister Kathleen in Phibsborough and worked as a clerk for the E.S.B. (the state electricity board) but is best remembered as probably the finest cricketer that Ireland has ever produced.
James played for the Civil Service at the Phoenix Park where he debuted for the senior team in 1924 aged 14. James' career in international competitive cricket lasted until 1964 and he is one of only three Irish cricketers to take over 1000 wickets as his bowling was so good that it was said that it was impossible to see any way in which a batsman could defend his wicket. James is remembered with the words of the late Sean Pender, one of Ireland's best cricket journalists, "A legend in his own lifetime, his name and fame will live on in Irish sport for all time."
James Boucher's name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
12071 Quarter-Master Sergeant James Boucher.
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
5th Battalion.
Husband of Annie Boucher, of 6, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, James and Annie Boucher were living at 42, Arklow Street, Dublin.
They had 3 children,
Mary Kathleen, aged 5.
Alice Josephine, aged 4,
James Chrisostom, aged 3 months.
James Boucher was a 44 year old postman, who had been born in Co. Dublin.
Cemetery Record.
Occupation: Soldier.
Age: 52.
Cause of Death: Paraplegia.
Place of Death: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Address: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Death Certificate.
James Boucher, aged 51, married, a Soldier, died at 39 Oxmanstown Road, on 13 January 1918.
The cause of death was Locomotor Ataxis, 1 year, certified.
The informant of his death was Annie Boucher, widow, present at death, who registered it on 17 January 1918.
The following was received from
Shane Mac Thomáis
the then resident historian at Glasnevin Cemetery.
James Boucher was born in Rathmines, Dublin to John and Julia Boucher on the 25th of September 1868. James enlisted in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, after initially being refused as being under height, and he is recorded as being 5' 4 ½ '' tall, weighing 8st 12lbs with blue eyes, light brown hair and a fair complexion. James had a tattoo of an anchor on his left forearm and a scar on his thumb and was working as a labourer.
James joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, a regiment that originated from the civilians of the town of Enniskillen in 1688 who took up arms to defend their town from the armies of James ll. This new army was so successful they became part of the army of William lll and fought at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. In 1745 it took part in the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden where the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, was finally and decisively defeated in his attempt to regain the throne of his forbears. James received his first promotion to Corporal in 1892 followed by a promotion to sergeant in October 1894. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were posted to India on the 2nd of March 1897 with the Irish Expeditionary force. They saw service during the great uprising of the Pathan tribes in the Tirah valley on the North-west frontier of India and remained on the continent until 1902 when they were sent to South Africa to take part in the closing stages of the Boer War. James, however, was stationed at Meean Meer and Dilwara in India but returned to Enniskillen on the 24th of June, 1898 suffering from 'ague' (fevers such as those that are caused by malaria).
James spends the next 10 years moving from Enniskillen to Derry, Omagh, Dover and back to Enniskillen. He also spends time at Aldershot in England, studying for further qualifications and is discharged in 1909. By now James is married to Annie King from Galway, they were married on the 13th of January 1903 and they had two daughters, Mary Kathleen and Anne Josephine. 1909 is also the year that James buried his daughter Julia Anne at Glasnevin cemetery. Julia had died at the age of four months from 'syncope' a sudden loss of sensation and motion, similar to sudden infant death syndrome. Their son, James Chrisosstom was born in 1910 and the family moved to 39 Oxmanstown Road in Stoneybatter, Dublin where James gets a job as a postman.
James re-enlists on the 25th of September, 1914, in Dublin shortly after the start of World War One and rejoins the 5th Battalion (service) of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (the skins) on the 10th of July 1915. James is now 46 years old and describes himself as Presbyterian although he was formerly Roman Catholic. On the 10th of July 1915 James is promoted to the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant and so is responsible for supplies. This makes James a non-commissioned officer that serves as a deputy to the Company Sergeant Major making him the second most senior NCO in the Company.
The Battalion are stationed in Dublin until August 1915 when they become part of the British Expeditionary Forces that begin the futile efforts to take control of the Dardanelles in Turkey.
The 5th Battalion stopped off in Cyprus and Egypt before landing at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli. While in Egypt in January 1916, James contracted dysentery, a condition he would have suffered from in his early army days in India. James is returned to the Southern General Hospital in Bristol and is diagnosed with Hemiplegia or paralysis of one side of his body and is deemed unfit for active service of any kind. James returns to Omagh on the 3rd of April 1916 and is discharged as unfit to serve on the 20th of June 1916.
James was decorated several times during his career, the India General Service 1895, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98,the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals and he received a full army pension for life but his condition was incurable and permanent as he had complete motor and sensory loss in his lower limbs and trunk. James returned to convalesce at his home in Stoneybatter, but died at the age of 52 on the 13th of January 1918. He is buried in the grave bought for his young daughter in 1909 in the St. Paul's plot in Glasnevin cemetery, row OB, grave 39.
James is also buried with his wife Annie who died of bronchitis at Richmond Hospital, Dublin on the 12th of September 1936, aged 62. James' daughter Kathleen of 56 Rathdown Rd. Dublin 7 died of heart failure at the Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin on the 15th of February 1995, aged 89 and also shares his grave. James' son James Chrisosstom is also buried with him as he also died in 1995 of heart failure, on Christmas Day in Fuengirola, Spain aged 83.
James Chrisosstom Boucher shared his home with his older sister Kathleen in Phibsborough and worked as a clerk for the E.S.B. (the state electricity board) but is best remembered as probably the finest cricketer that Ireland has ever produced.
James played for the Civil Service at the Phoenix Park where he debuted for the senior team in 1924 aged 14. James' career in international competitive cricket lasted until 1964 and he is one of only three Irish cricketers to take over 1000 wickets as his bowling was so good that it was said that it was impossible to see any way in which a batsman could defend his wicket. James is remembered with the words of the late Sean Pender, one of Ireland's best cricket journalists, "A legend in his own lifetime, his name and fame will live on in Irish sport for all time."
James Boucher's name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
5th Battalion.
Husband of Annie Boucher, of 6, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
In the 1911 census, James and Annie Boucher were living at 42, Arklow Street, Dublin.
They had 3 children,
Mary Kathleen, aged 5.
Alice Josephine, aged 4,
James Chrisostom, aged 3 months.
James Boucher was a 44 year old postman, who had been born in Co. Dublin.
Cemetery Record.
Occupation: Soldier.
Age: 52.
Cause of Death: Paraplegia.
Place of Death: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Address: 39, Oxmanstown Road, Dublin.
Death Certificate.
James Boucher, aged 51, married, a Soldier, died at 39 Oxmanstown Road, on 13 January 1918.
The cause of death was Locomotor Ataxis, 1 year, certified.
The informant of his death was Annie Boucher, widow, present at death, who registered it on 17 January 1918.
The following was received from
Shane Mac Thomáis
the then resident historian at Glasnevin Cemetery.
James Boucher was born in Rathmines, Dublin to John and Julia Boucher on the 25th of September 1868. James enlisted in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, after initially being refused as being under height, and he is recorded as being 5' 4 ½ '' tall, weighing 8st 12lbs with blue eyes, light brown hair and a fair complexion. James had a tattoo of an anchor on his left forearm and a scar on his thumb and was working as a labourer.
James joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, a regiment that originated from the civilians of the town of Enniskillen in 1688 who took up arms to defend their town from the armies of James ll. This new army was so successful they became part of the army of William lll and fought at the battle of the Boyne in 1690. In 1745 it took part in the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden where the Young Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, was finally and decisively defeated in his attempt to regain the throne of his forbears. James received his first promotion to Corporal in 1892 followed by a promotion to sergeant in October 1894. The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were posted to India on the 2nd of March 1897 with the Irish Expeditionary force. They saw service during the great uprising of the Pathan tribes in the Tirah valley on the North-west frontier of India and remained on the continent until 1902 when they were sent to South Africa to take part in the closing stages of the Boer War. James, however, was stationed at Meean Meer and Dilwara in India but returned to Enniskillen on the 24th of June, 1898 suffering from 'ague' (fevers such as those that are caused by malaria).
James spends the next 10 years moving from Enniskillen to Derry, Omagh, Dover and back to Enniskillen. He also spends time at Aldershot in England, studying for further qualifications and is discharged in 1909. By now James is married to Annie King from Galway, they were married on the 13th of January 1903 and they had two daughters, Mary Kathleen and Anne Josephine. 1909 is also the year that James buried his daughter Julia Anne at Glasnevin cemetery. Julia had died at the age of four months from 'syncope' a sudden loss of sensation and motion, similar to sudden infant death syndrome. Their son, James Chrisosstom was born in 1910 and the family moved to 39 Oxmanstown Road in Stoneybatter, Dublin where James gets a job as a postman.
James re-enlists on the 25th of September, 1914, in Dublin shortly after the start of World War One and rejoins the 5th Battalion (service) of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (the skins) on the 10th of July 1915. James is now 46 years old and describes himself as Presbyterian although he was formerly Roman Catholic. On the 10th of July 1915 James is promoted to the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant and so is responsible for supplies. This makes James a non-commissioned officer that serves as a deputy to the Company Sergeant Major making him the second most senior NCO in the Company.
The Battalion are stationed in Dublin until August 1915 when they become part of the British Expeditionary Forces that begin the futile efforts to take control of the Dardanelles in Turkey.
The 5th Battalion stopped off in Cyprus and Egypt before landing at Sulva Bay, Gallipoli. While in Egypt in January 1916, James contracted dysentery, a condition he would have suffered from in his early army days in India. James is returned to the Southern General Hospital in Bristol and is diagnosed with Hemiplegia or paralysis of one side of his body and is deemed unfit for active service of any kind. James returns to Omagh on the 3rd of April 1916 and is discharged as unfit to serve on the 20th of June 1916.
James was decorated several times during his career, the India General Service 1895, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98,the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals and he received a full army pension for life but his condition was incurable and permanent as he had complete motor and sensory loss in his lower limbs and trunk. James returned to convalesce at his home in Stoneybatter, but died at the age of 52 on the 13th of January 1918. He is buried in the grave bought for his young daughter in 1909 in the St. Paul's plot in Glasnevin cemetery, row OB, grave 39.
James is also buried with his wife Annie who died of bronchitis at Richmond Hospital, Dublin on the 12th of September 1936, aged 62. James' daughter Kathleen of 56 Rathdown Rd. Dublin 7 died of heart failure at the Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin on the 15th of February 1995, aged 89 and also shares his grave. James' son James Chrisosstom is also buried with him as he also died in 1995 of heart failure, on Christmas Day in Fuengirola, Spain aged 83.
James Chrisosstom Boucher shared his home with his older sister Kathleen in Phibsborough and worked as a clerk for the E.S.B. (the state electricity board) but is best remembered as probably the finest cricketer that Ireland has ever produced.
James played for the Civil Service at the Phoenix Park where he debuted for the senior team in 1924 aged 14. James' career in international competitive cricket lasted until 1964 and he is one of only three Irish cricketers to take over 1000 wickets as his bowling was so good that it was said that it was impossible to see any way in which a batsman could defend his wicket. James is remembered with the words of the late Sean Pender, one of Ireland's best cricket journalists, "A legend in his own lifetime, his name and fame will live on in Irish sport for all time."
James Boucher's name is recorded on the
Glasnevin Cemetery War Memorial
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