Life story: Major William Booth | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Major William
Initials	MW
Last Name	Booth
Source	416205
First Names	Major William
Initials	MW
Last Name	Booth
Source	416205

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date
32 Chapel St, Wath-On-Dearne, Near Rotherham, Yorkshire	United Kingdom	away from home address	known 1911
Low Town, Pudsey, Yorkshire	United Kingdom	parents address	known 1891
South Parade, Pudsey, Yorkshire	United Kingdom	parents address	known 1901

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army		Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)	15th Battalion	Temporary Second Lieutenant
British Army		West Yorkshire Regiment	15th Battalion (Leeds Pals)	Private
British Army	136	West Yorkshire Regiment		Sergeant
British Army		Yorkshire Regiment	15th west Battalion	Second Lieutenant

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
James Booth	father
Louisa Booth	mother

Name	Relationship	Dates
Sarah E Booth	sister	1878
Annie L Booth	sister	1874
James Cecil Booth	brother	1880

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Imperial1
GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription	Imperial1
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Charlotte33
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Charlotte33
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Charlotte33
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1

Reference	Connected by	More information
BBC feature on William Booth	Imperial1
PSL REMEMBERS CRICKETER SOLDIER MAJOR WILLIAM BOOTH	Dave1371
The Daily Telegraph	Katherine27600
History of WarMajor William Booth: How a Yorkshire cricket champion lost his life at the Somme	Katherine27600
Battlefields:Serre	Katherine27600
Leeds Pals: Major Booth	Katherine27600

Title	Connected by	More information
Major William Booth	Dave1371
Last England side before the war	Peter5151
War diary entry about his death	Edwin110085
Cricketer	Ian3310
Non MCC Members Roll of Honour at Lord's	Yvonne27542

ID: 416205

Reference: WO372/2

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1401951
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0416527

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6181480

Title: BBC feature on William Booth

Description: BBC World War One at Home website

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s6d3v
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Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

ID: 6181485

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: BMD/B/1886/4/AZ/000058/129

Additional: Matches Medal Index Card and BBC feature

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6181489

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1012085

Additional: Matches Medal Index Card and BBC feature

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

ID: 6181493

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_aro1

Title: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARO1/000036/034

Additional: Matches Soldiers died in the Great War

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6181556

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBC/1901/0027548235

Additional: Matches Birth record

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6181558

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBC/1891/0025237167

Additional: Matches 1901 Census

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6181559

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/28114/0117/2

Additional: Matches 1891 and 1901 Census

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6186735

Name: By David Pearce, 30th May 2013

Title: PSL REMEMBERS CRICKETER SOLDIER MAJOR WILLIAM BOOTH

Description: Article on the Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club website

Connected by: Dave1371

URL: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/pudseysaintlawrencecricket/news/psl-remembers-cricketer-soldier-major-william-booth-960679.html
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Additional: William Booth's life story by David Pearce

ID: 6186739

Title: Major William Booth

Description: Major Booth volunteered and enlisted in 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (1st Leeds Pals)

Connected by: Dave1371

Additional: Image posted on the Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club website.

ID: 7307440

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/593344/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/466932

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 8553942

Title: Last England side before the war

Description: Team picture of the last England side before the war, travelling to South Africa for a test in the winter of 1913: Seated on windowsill: Bert Relf Standing: Bert Strudwick, ID Difford, Major Booth, Phil Mead, Sydney Barnes, Frank Woolley Seated: Jack Hobbs, Morice Bird, Johnny Douglas, Lionel Tennyson, Wilfred Rhodes In front: EJ ''Tiger'' Smith, Jack Hearne

Connected by: Peter5151

ID: 8821237

Name: Telegraph.co.uk 27 Jul 2014 Tom Rowley

Title: The Daily Telegraph

Description: A feature on a number of criketers who fought in WW1. There is a photo of the last England Team to play in South Africa in 1913, of whom Major Booth was a member.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10993015/The-cricketers-who-fought-for-their-country-in-World-War-One.html
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Additional: The names match his life story and the military details confirm the match.

ID: 8826768

Name: 31st May 2016 By Jack Griffiths

Title: History of WarMajor William Booth: How a Yorkshire cricket champion lost his life at the Somme

Description: An article on Major Booth in the magazine "History of War"

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/major-william-booth-how-a-yorkshire-cricket-champion-lost-his-life-at-the-somme/
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Additional: The names match and the military details confirm the match.

ID: 8826845

Title: Battlefields:Serre

Description: Information regarding the battlefield of Serre.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-great-war/great-war-on-land/battlefields/1224-serre-1914-18.html#sthash.wZFbhIf1.dpbs
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Additional: The 15th Battalion (Leeds Pals) took part in the action at Serre and Major Booth died there.

ID: 8826893

Title: Leeds Pals: Major Booth

Description: Information regarding Major Booth onthe website dedicated to teh Leeds Pals.

Connected by: Katherine27600

URL: http://www.leeds-pals.com/soldiers/major-william-booth
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Additional: The names match and teh military details confirm the match.

ID: 9151910

Title: War diary entry about his death

Description: Killed in action, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Connected by: Edwin110085

ID: 9278715

Title: Cricketer

Description: on the field

Connected by: Ian3310

ID: 9331054

Title: Non MCC Members Roll of Honour at Lord's

Description: Memorial unveiled in February 2017, commemorating those who played for the MCC, but were not members.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: Image © Jeremy Bartlett (WMR-74099), shared under IWM Non Commercial Licence https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/74099

Non MCC Members Roll of Honour at Lord's

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