BORN GAINSBOROUGH, LINCS, 03/02/1897. SON OF JOSEPH WALTER BOOTHBY (1875-1911) & SOPHIA BOOTHBY. THEY LIVED WITH HIS SISTERS ADA & EDITH BOOTHBY AT 4, DORSET TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL, (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS).
HE SERVED WITH THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY AND WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 15/02/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS MOTHER RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 8 SHILLINGS, FROM 23/8/17.
First name:
ERNEST WALTER
Military Number:
CH/1470 (S)
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/02/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
