Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Boulton wuxuu ku dhashay 1912-kii Braxted Park ee Essex siyaasiga Sir William Boulton, 1aad Baronet, wuxuuna dhigan jiray Eton College ka hor inta uusan ku biirin Trinity College, Cambridge. Waxbarashadiisu ma aysan fiicnayn, laakiin wuxuu awooday inuu galo Macbadka Gudaha sanadkii 1936 isagoo ah qareen ku takhasusay. Markii uu qarxay Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, Boulton, oo horeyba ugu jiray Essex Yeomanry, wuxuu ku biiray Royal Horse Artillery wuxuuna ka soo shaqeeyay Waqooyiga Afrika. Sanadkii 1940 wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay howlgalkii Compass, wuxuu ku dagaalamay
Dagaalkii Bardia kadibna Duulaankii Tobruk, halkaas oo uu ku dhacay jabhad waxaana loo daad gureeyay Alexandria. Wuxuu ku soo laabtay adeegga safka hore wax yar ka dib laakiin si xun ayuu ugu dhaawacmay qarax miino dhulka lagu aaso ah.