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After the war he returned to India and saw action on the North West Frontier in Waziristan during the period 1919–21 and 1921–24. He was [[Mentioned in Despatches]].<ref name="MID1924"/><ref name="Indian Army Supplement 1941"/> He was promoted captain on 14 November 1920.<ref>Indian Army List April 1923</ref> | After the war he returned to India and saw action on the North West Frontier in Waziristan during the period 1919–21 and 1921–24. He was [[Mentioned in Despatches]].<ref name="MID1924"/><ref name="Indian Army Supplement 1941"/> He was promoted captain on 14 November 1920.<ref>Indian Army List April 1923</ref> | ||
Boucher attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1931 to 1932.<ref name="TimesObit">[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1951-11-19-08-020&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1951-11-19-08 Obituary, The Times 19 November 1951]</ref> In April 1933 he was appointed a General Staff Officer Grade III.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=33952| date=23 June 1933|page=4206}}</ref> In November 1934 he relinquished the staff post and was promoted to major<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34116| date=21 December 1934|page=8298 }}</ref> to take up a field appointment as a brigade major.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34241| date=10 January 1936|page=237}}</ref> In 1936 for "distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier of India, during the period 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October 1935" he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO).<ref name="LG34282">{{London Gazette| issue=34282|page=2978| date=8 May 1936}}</ref> He was appointed an instructor at the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]] from 21 January 1938 to 21 September 1940 with the local rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34496| date=25 March 1938|page= | Boucher attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1931 to 1932.<ref name="TimesObit">[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1951-11-19-08-020&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1951-11-19-08 Obituary, The Times 19 November 1951]</ref> In April 1933 he was appointed a General Staff Officer Grade III.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=33952| date=23 June 1933|page=4206}}</ref> In November 1934 he relinquished the staff post and was promoted to major<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34116| date=21 December 1934|page=8298 }}</ref> to take up a field appointment as a brigade major.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34241| date=10 January 1936|page=237}}</ref> In 1936 for "distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier of India, during the period 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October 1935" he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO).<ref name="LG34282">{{London Gazette| issue=34282|page=2978| date=8 May 1936}}</ref> He was appointed an instructor at the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]] from 21 January 1938 to 21 September 1940 with the local rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34496| date=25 March 1938|page=2011}}</ref><ref name=dk>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Boucher/Sir_Charles_Hamilton/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]</ref> | ||
==Second World War== | ==Second World War== | ||