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218439 GQMS. Herbert Gladstone Booth British Army 1st East Lancashire Brigade Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery from:Burnley, Lancashire. (d.2nd Dec 1914) Herbert Gladstone Booth served with the 1st East Lancs Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 42nd Division during WW1 and died on the 2nd December 1914, aged 31. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. He was the husband of Martha Ann Booth, of 9, Cairo St., Burnley, Lancashire. S Flynn Add to this record.    Additional Information: A Bible mystery - Looking for Herbert Gladstone Booth During a recent de-cluttering session,I came across an old bible. As I had several bibles already, I was going to give it to the charity shop. Fortunately I flipped through the pages,firstly discovering that it was also a hymn book and then vaguely making out something on the inside of the front page. To my amazement I found a lovely handwritten dedication,which was a piece of Jubilee church history. It was dedicated to the above named Mr Booth and his wife,Martha on the occasion of their marriage in 1906. It was the first to be solemnised at the then Jubilee Methodist Church by Rev. J.E.Phillipson. On further inspection, a newspaper cutting fell out of the pages. It was a poem,written on the occasion of the death of Mr Booth by Annie Spencer from Victoria,British Colombia, Canada. She sent the poem and a bunch of snowdrops to Mrs Booth. The poem looks as if it was published in the newspaper. Even more surprising was the fact that I hadn’t a clue who these people were nor how it came to be in my possession. The only thing I did know was that the bible must have come from my grandma’s house. Mr and Mrs Booth would have been contemporaries of my maternal grandparents Abraham and Florence Jane Riley,who also attended Jubilee and lived on Lockyer Avenue, Burnley. I sought help from Kath Yates, the archivist of Padiham Rd Church,Burnley ( formerly Ightenhill and before that Jubilee)and she did find a tenuous family link through marriage to my paternal grandmother Jane Anne (known as Jinny) Emmott(née Jacques) who was married to Mark Emmott. The story of Herbert and Martha Ann is in many ways a sad one. In 1911 he and Martha, aged 28, lived at 23 Dial St Burnley.He was an Assistant Librarian and his wife was a cotton weaver. Herbert and Martha had 1 child , Margaret Emma, who died in 1910 aged 2. After Herbert’s death, Martha remarried many years later at Jubilee in 1931 to James Hewitt, a widower. James died in 1946 and is buried in Burnley cemetery with his first wife Mary Jane. Martha died in 1953 (living at 4 Ronald Street) and is buried with her mother in Burnley Cemetery. Martha Booth(née Aspden) had a brother Benjamin(also presumably Aspden) who outlived her and was married to Jane Annie, the cousin of my grandma Jane Anne Emmott. In World War 1, Herbert served in the Royal Field Artillery, 1st East Lancs Brigade 42nd division. He died of dysentery on 2nd Dec 1914 aged 31 in Egypt. He is buried in Cairo War Cemetery Egypt in PlotB.124. He is listed in the Burnley Roll of Honour as Gunner Q.M.S Herbert Gladstone Booth 1302 and two articles in the Burnley Express of the time give many interesting details about his life,work and military service as well as two photos. ( Burnley Express 9/12/1914 - 9/12/1914 ) He is also commemorated on the British Library website on a blog called “Untold lives”,as well as on the British Legion website. Elisabeth Robinson Reply Related Content: Royal Field Artillery 42nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. 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