Ernest William Booth
Attended Mundella School, Meadows, Nottingham. Mundella Magazine, Christmas 1917 and 1918, ROH: 'Booth, Ernest W, Sherwoods.'
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Ernest William Booth was born in 1889 at Nottingham, he was the son of the late William Booth and Florence Booth née Gill.
His father William died prior to the 1891 census, Florence Gill was born in 1858 at Nottingham, they were married in 1887 at Nottingham,
In the 1901 census shows his mother Florence a widow age 43. a cafe caretaker. her son Ernest William 12yrs Hannah Mill age 25 a boarder. Occupation Mantle Maker, Zillah Gray age 17 a boarder. Occupation Hosiery Finisher. Address, 2 Melton Terrace, London Road, Nottingham.
In the 1911 census Florence now a Cook 53 yrs Ernest William 22 yrs single and a Surveyors Clerk. address, 23 Muskham Street, Meadows.
Private Ernest William Booth, enlisted at Nottingham he served with the 10th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, he was killed in action on 10th October 1917 and is buried in Cement House Cemetery.(grave ref XV.E.21).
Depressed following the death of her son, Ernest, on the Western Front, Nottingham woman Florence Booth was brought to Hucknall to stay with friends. On 28th August 1918 she was found hanging from a door frame after fashioning a noose from her handkerchief.
Obituary published 30th August 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“BOOTH. – On August 28th, [1918] at 32 Co-operative-avenue, Hucknall, Florence Booth, late of 10 Muskham-street, Nottingham. Funeral at Hucknall Cemetery, Saturday, [31st August 1918] at 3 o'clock.”
Above information and obituary is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Ernest E Booth
Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium
Courtesy of Murray Biddle