Major-General Sir Charles Hamilton Boucher, KBE, CB, DSO* (26 October 1898 – 14 November 1951) was a British Indian Army officer during the First and Second World Wars.

[3] He was appointed an instructor at the Staff College, Quetta from 21 January 1938 to 21 September 1940 with the local rank of lieutenant colonel.

During his confinement his substantive rank was advanced from major to lieutenant colonel (while his temporary rank remained as brigadier)[24] and he was also made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1943 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Iraq, Syria and Persia during the period April 1941 to February 1942".

[25] On 8 February 1944 Boucher assumed command of the 17th Indian Infantry Brigade,[22] leading the unit through the final Battle of Monte Cassino, the advance north of Rome and the fighting on the Gothic Line.

[7] On 19 January 1945, with the rank of acting major general,[26] Boucher took command of the Indian 4th Infantry Division,[22] which had been sent to Greece in November 1944 to help stabilise the country after the Axis withdrawal.

[8] Leaving Greece after a year he trained as a parachutist in Britain in order to take command of Indian 2nd Airborne Division in Karachi early in 1946.