Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book. Boorman was in his school cricket eleven for several years and captain of the football eleven; he also held the record for the long jump at the school sports, and was a member of the Gravesend Cricket and Rowing Clubs. He had matriculated at London University and passed the A.M.I.C.E. examination. [Illustration: =Cyril Adlington Boorman.=] =BOOT, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1076, 7th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of George Arthur Boot, of Risley House, 1 Berridge Road East, Nottingham, by his wife, Mary Kate, dau. of Mark Spink Shaw; _b._ Robin Hood's Chase, Nottingham, 29 April, 1893; educ. Grosvenor School. He joined the Nottingham Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.) as a driver (No. 328), 27 June, 1911, and obtained his discharge 30 Sept. 1913, after which he went to Australia. On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 7th Battn. of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, left with his battn. for the Dardanelles, was dangerously wounded in the head in action there, 9 May, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Nevasa on the 27th of that month; _unm._ He was buried at sea. His two brothers are now (1916) on active service, the elder, Leonard, with the Red Cross in France; the yr., George Harold, as Lieut. in the 15th Sherwood Foresters in France. [Illustration: =Arthur Boot.=] =BOOTH, GEORGE THOMAS=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24708 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =BOOTH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10630 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BOOTH, ROLAND HARTLEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24104 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Arthur Newsome Booth, of 177, Newsome Road, Huddersfield, co. York; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =BOOTH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 21338, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Thomas Henry Booth, of 46, Ball Haye Road, Leek, Leather Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Bamford, of Stafford; _b._ Leek, co. Stafford, 24 Feb. 1877; educ. Leek Grammar School; was for some time manager of his father's leather warehouse; joined the 2nd Manchester Volunteers in 1896, and the 1st Coy. North Staffordshire Volunteers in 1900, and served with them until their disbandment on the organisation of the Territorial Force in 1907; went to Canada in June, 1912, and was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Co., at Winnipeg; volunteered and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to France, 31 March, 1915; was shot by a sniper while being relieved from the trenches at Ploegsteert, 2 Sept., and died of wounds in the Northern General Hospital, Leicester, on the 30th of that month. Buried in the family vault at Leek; _unm._ =BOOTH, TOM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BOOTHAWAY, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 9127, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Alonzo Boothaway, of Central Avenue, Wigston Magna, co. Leicester. Hosiery Framework Knitter, by his wife, Maria, dau. of William Vann; _b._ Wigston Magna, 4 Jan. 1892; educ. Board School there; enlisted 28 May, 1911, and at the time of the outbreak of war was serving as a valet at King Edward VII Hospital, Grosvenor Gardens, W. He went through the retreat from Mons, was wounded on 7 Nov. 1914, but recovered and returned to the trenches on 24 Dec., and was killed in action near Festubert, 3 Jan. 1915, while being relieved from the trenches. He was buried in the soldiers' cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune (Richebourg Road, Row B, Grave 17); _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur Boothaway.=] =BOOTHBY, JAMES ROBERT=, Lieut.-Commander R.N.V.R., No. 4 Squadron Armoured Cars, formerly Lieut., Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the late Alexander Cunningham Boothby, of St. Andrews, by his wife, Madeline (now wife of Alexander Rigaud Wilson Wood, of 7, Abbotsford Crescent, St. Andrews), dau. of Frederick Lewis Maitland Heriot, of Ramornie, co. Fife; _b._ Springfield House, Cupar, Fife, 17 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Salvators, St. Andrews, and Glenalmond College, Perthshire. In May, 1900, he joined the Fife Artillery Militia. He served in the 24th Battn. Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War, receiving medal with five clasps. He rejoined the Fife Artillery in 1903 and was subsequently appointed to the Royal Scots and served in India. When the regt. came home he resigned owing to temporary ill-health and went to Vancouver. On the outbreak of war he returned to England and obtained a commission in the Armoured Car Division. He was killed in action on 1 May, 1915, at Gallipoli, the day after landing at Gaba Tepe. His commanding officer wrote: "I can only say this, that every officer and man in the Armoured Car Force simply loved Jim Boothby. I never want a more loyal, good-hearted and good-natured second in command than he was. His own men saw that he had, what perhaps few out there got, a proper burial." He was _unm._ [Illustration: =James Robert Boothby.=] =BOREHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st class (R.F.R., B. 4450), S.S. 103462, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BOSANQUET, LIONEL ARTHUR=, of Cleddon Hall, co. Monmouth, Lieut.-Col., 9th Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts, and Derby Regt.), eldest _s._ of the late Arthur Bosanquet, of Cleddon Hall, J.P., I.C.S., Judge, Bombay Presidency, by his wife, Matilda, dau. of Col. Andrew Crawford, and grandson of Augustus Henry Bosanquet, of Ossidge, Southgate, H.E.I.C.S.; _b._ Southgate, co. Herts., 29 Jan. 1862; educ. Mr. Rose's private school, Ramsgate, and Harrow; and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut. to the Sherwood Foresters, 10 March, 1883, and promoted Capt. 8 May, 1892, and Major 9 May, 1903. He served in the Tirah Campaign 1897-8, took part in the operations in the Bazar Valley (25-30 Dec. 1897), the action at Dargai, and in the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the medal with two clasps; and retired in 1911. On the outbreak of war he rejoined and was given command of the 9th (Service) Battn. of his regt., 26 Oct., 1914. He went out to the Dardanelles and was in action from the 23 July to 22 Aug. 1915. He was wounded on 9 Aug. but rejoined in a week and was killed in action 22 Aug. 1915. Col. Bosanquet was killed (believed by machine guns) in Dead Man's Gully, while leading his battn. To quote from a General's letter, whose brigade found and buried his body: "He must have done well, for he was close up to the enemy, ahead of most of his men, who were stretched out behind him, never a one with his back turned, and all in perfect alignment." He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [and published in the Supplement to the London Gazette dated 28 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Col. Bosanquet _m._ at Crockham Hill, |