The
following is from a page 1 article in the 29 Apr 1917 issue of the Simcoe
Reformer newspaper.
PRIVATE
HARRY BOOTH
No. 796174 -- A member of
the 133rd, reported yesterday as killed in action.
Private Booth
is a son of
James Booth of Middleton Township. He was unmarried.
A brother, Mr. Amos
Booth,
is employed at
W. C. Britton's, 26 Robinson Street, Simcoe.
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The
following is from page 5 of the 10 May 1917 Simcoe
Reformer.
WYECOMBE
The memorial service for
the late Private Harry Booth held Sunday afternoon was very
largely attended.
Rev. Mr. Meek gave an
impressive sermon and the choir from Lynedoch very kindly took
charge of the music.
Harry was a member of the
choir, a young man of exemplary habits and a general favorite. The
church was appropriately draped and the floral offerings were
beautiful.
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The
following is from page 5 of the 10 May 1917 Simcoe
Reformer.
SILVER
HILL
A number from here attended
the memorial service held at Wyecombe last Sunday for Pte. Harry
Booth.
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The
following is from page 10 of the 10 May 1917 Simcoe
Reformer.
CARHOLME
A number from here attended
the memorial service held in honor of Pte. Harry Booth at Wyecombe
on Sunday.
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The
following (telling the fate of a fellow soldier and mentions Harry
in passing) is from page 5 in the 25 Oct 1917 issue of the
Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
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col.
pratt writes to
mrs. Lorne Morrow
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H.Q. No. 1
Labour Group,
S-10, France, 30 Sep 1917
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Dear Mrs. Morrow, -- I have just received particulars of Lorne's
death. He was instantly killed by German machine gun fire on 9 Apr
1917. He was buried in the 14th Canadian Battalion's cemetery at Ni
Ne Elms, France, near Vimy Ridge, and his name is engraved on the
brass plate on the large regimental cross over the grave. If you
drop a line to the Graves Registration Committee, Canadian Forces,
Winchester House, London, England giving these particulars, they
will supply you with a photo without charge.
Harry Masecar of Simcoe was
near Lorne when he fell, picked him up and helped bury him. Harry
Booth was killed at the same time by a German machine gun.
With kindest regards, I am,
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Yours very
truly,
ARTHUR C. PRATT.
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The
following is from page 11 of the 14 Oct 1920 Simcoe
Reformer.
WYECOMBE
A church was crowded to the
doors greeted Rev. A. S. Trueblood of Trafalgar, a former pastor,
at the special harvest home and memorial services on Sunday last.
Excellent addresses were given both morning and evening. A feature
of the morning service was the unveiling of a memorial tablet in
memory of Pte. Harry Booth, after which Ross Collver of Simcoe
sang in a fine voice, "There Is So Death." The church
was appropriately decorated with flags and flowers. The anthems by
the choir under the leadership of Mr. Collver, and assisted by
Miss Sadie Russell, soloist, of Tillsonburg and Mrs. J. S. Abel,
contralto, of Silver Hill, were well rendered.
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see Harry's Attestation paper: side
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2
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Harry Booth
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