Frederick Charles Booth

Captain Frederick Charles Booth VC, DCM (March 6, 1890 - September 14, 1960) was a Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Born in Holloway, North London, and educated at Cheltenham College. Booth was 26 years old, and a Sergeant in the British South Africa Police attached to the Rhodesian Native Infantry during the First World War, when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

February 12, 1917 (World War I). In Johannesbruck, German East Africa (now Tanzania), during an attack in thick scrub on an enemy position, Sergeant Booth went forward alone to rescue an injured man. He then rallied the poorly organised native troops and brought them to the firing line. On many previous occasions this NCO had set a splendid example of pluck, and endurance.

He served in the British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia from 1912 to 1917 and his regimental number was 1630.

Booth died on September 14, 1960, in Brighton.

Further information

Booth is buried at Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton, Sussex, England, in the Red Cross Plot.

The medal

Booth's medal is not publicly held.