Frank Booth (1897-1917)

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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BOOTH, FRANK. Private. No 29119. 123rd Company Machine Gun Corps. Formerly No C/7275 King's Royal Rifle Corps. Born Bradford Road, Huddersfield, 28.2.1897. Son of Norman Booth, 142 Junction Road, Leek, Staffordshire. Educated at schools in the Gorton area of Manchester. Lived with his grandfather at 21 Burbeary Road, Lockwood. Employed firstly at Huddersfield Technical College and then as a clerk in the textile office of Mr Allan Gee. Enlisted in 1916. Killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele, 23.9.1917, aged 20 years. Buried KEMMEL No1 FRENCH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 2, Row B, Grave 9.
ROH:- Emmanuel Church, Lockwood; Moldgreen War Memorial; memorial in Lockwood Cemetery.

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