[2][3][6] His brother was the composer, Roland Bocquet, and both boys were educated at Bedford Modern School.
[1][2][3] In recognition of his war service, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1918.
[1][4][14] After World War I Bocquet became a senior officer in the Eastern Bengal Railway[15][16] and attained the rank of colonel commanding the East Bengal Railway Battalion Auxiliary Force between 1925 and 1932.
[2] He served as ADC to the Viceroy of India between 1928 and 1932[1][2][3][6] and was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.
[17] In 1910 Bocquet married Gwynneth (née Macredie), an American citizen from Slayton, Minnesota.