Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Boulton i te tau 1912 i Braxted Park i Essex ki te kaitōrangapū a Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet, a i haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Eton i mua i tana urunga ki te Whare Wananga o Trinity, Cambridge. Ko tana rekoata matauranga kaore i tino kitea, engari i taea e ia te uru ki te temepara o roto i te 1936 hei kaitohutohu mahi. I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i uru a Boulton, i te Essex Yeomanry, ki te Royal Horse Artillery ka mahi ki Awherika ki te Raki. I te tau 1940 i uru ia ki te Operation Compass, e whawhai ana i te
Ko te Pakanga o Bardia me te whakapae o Tobruk, i reira i pangia ai e ia te whero ka nekehia atu ki Alexandria. I hoki mai ia ki te mahi i mua i muri tata mai, engari i whara kino ia i te pahūtanga o te maina whenua.