Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.117 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Son to Charles Loius BONTE and Flore Victoire CLARISSE and born 1881 in Tourcing, Northern France. Wool merchant. 4 older siblings: Albert (1870), Georges (1871), Berthe Yolande Flore (1873) and GabrielleService Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: French Army |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
See more at the French Archives.
Detail :
Rising Sun Lodge No 1401 was warranted in April 1872 in Japan. Japan entered the Great War as early as 23 August 1914 as one of the allies. Brother Fernand Charles Louis Bonte (recorded 'Boute' in the GL records of the fallen) was French. Born in 1881 in Tourcoing in the North of France, he was a merchant and a foreign trade consultant in Kobe. He had married in 1909 in France and was a resident in Japan at least between 1906 and 1913. In his early thirties, with two children, Andre and Madeleine (also the name of his wife), he was well established in his profession. He was initiated in January 1907, passed the following month and raised one month later. He held no office in the lodge. If the speed in which brethren were put through the three degrees is any indication of a shortage of recruits, it is probable that he was not actively seeking office. He must have returned to Europe to join the French army at the start of the war as he fell in 1915. Of the manner of his death, nothing has come to light. French army records are not of much assistance. LA BASSEE Monument to the Dead; Fernand appears on this monument together with a Jules Boute (brother?). This will be investigated in view of the doubt over the spelling of his surname. Additional research by Paul Corsen, Hong Kong
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Rising Sun No. 1401 E.C. | Hong Kong & Far East |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th January 1907 | 27th February 1907 | 27th March 1907 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley