Private Ernest Booth

Army Number : 29727

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at 199, Norton Street, Radford, Nottingham. Son of William and Mary Ann Booth, of 7, Herbert Street, Nottingham. He was a printer prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 22nd June 1916, whilst in the line near Givenchy, France.

Buried : Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l’Avoue, France. Plot 3, Row H, Grave 6.

Private Ernest Booth is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.