Son of John Leyland Booth, of 202, Cunliffe Road, Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire, and the late Hannah Booth (nee Heaton), and formerly of 184, Folds Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Native of Bolton, Lancashire. Memorial service at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Harwood, in September 1917.
Booth, William –
Personal details
- Surname: Booth
- Forename: William
- Date of birth: April 21st, 1898
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Marton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: July 31st, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 203794
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: January 19th, 1917 - 1917-01-19
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Tottington Road Methodist Church - Harwood
- CWGC Memorial: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: V. B. 29.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/08/1917 07/09/1917 07/12/1917 02/08/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6b* 4a S11* 6g
- Bolton Chronicle: 24/08/1917