BORN HULL 13/11/1882. SON OF JAMES & SUSAN BOOTH, AS PER CWGC RECORDS. SERVED AS A TRAWLER ENGINEER, IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE DROWNED IN THE RIVER THAMES, ON 15/07/1917, AGED 34. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/07/1918. HE LEFT BROTHERS, JAMES, WALTER, CHARLES AND FREDERICK, AND SISTERS, EVA AND VIOLET