The Fallen of the Glossop Area.

BOOTH, S. R.

Booth, Samuel Radcliffe, Gunner, 22166, 11th Battery, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery
Born Glossop, Derbyshire
Enlisted Valcartier Camp, Quebec, Canada
Died of wounds 22nd October 1917 aged 25
Son of Joseph Radcliffe Booth and Elizabeth Booth, of Glossop; husband of Sarah Emily Booth, of 124, Victoria St., Glossop, England.
Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII, I, 81

1911 Census
A farm labourer
Son of Joseph Radcliffe Booth, a cotton spinner, and stepson of Rose Booth, of 41, Thorpe Street, Glossop, Derbyshire

Canadian Army Service records information:
Samuel was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, on the 31st December, 1893. He enlisted at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, 20th September, 1914, stating his occupation as farmer, and his next of kin as Joseph R. Booth, of 41, Thorpe Street, Glossop, Derbyshire.
He was five feet seven inches in height, had a fair complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair, and he belonged to the Church of England. He had two vaccination marks on his right arm.

Commemorated on the memorial at: Glossop, Charlesworth, Glossop - All Saints Parish Church and Whitfield - Littlemoor Chapel.

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