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At Western Road, Jarvis Brook in the Parish of Crowborough, Sussex; Hercules Josseph Booker, M, Son, single, age 31, born High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

1914 to 1915

Military service

Private, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 6th Battallion

John Menzies' research

9^th October 1915

Died

In the Country of France

© Roll of Honour web site

John Menzies' research

After 9^th October 1915

Buried

At Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais in the Country of France

© Roll of Honour web site

John Menzies' research

Crowborough War Memorial Roll of Honour - Booker H. Private
Hercules Booker (1879-1915) - Private G/962, 6th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Seriously wounded on the front-line and brought back to a Field Hospital were he died on 9th October 1915. Aged 35. Born Buxted, Uckfield 1879, enlisted Tunbridge Wells 3rd September 1914. Son of William Booker and Hannah Booker (nee Wood); brother of Benjamin and Joseph (see below). His younger brother Benjamin Booker also enlisted that day, but Benjamin survived the war. Unmarried. Buried in Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section M. Grave 9

Ancestor's report
No descendent's report
Booker individual records

The ancestral pedigree of Hercules Booker

Richard Booker
farmer

m: 4^th Oct 1811 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

Dorothy Muddle

b: 1785 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1791 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 26^th Apr 1791 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1817 Sussex

b: 1819 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1822 Sussex

b: 1824 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1832 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1834 Sussex

Great-
Grandfather
record

Henry Booker

m: 12^th Nov 1845 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

Sarah Smith

b: 1824 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1819 Buxted, Sussex

Spencer

William

b: 1847 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1850 Buxted, Sussex

Grandfather
record

William Booker

m: 28^th May 1870 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex

Hannah Wood

b: 1850 Buxted, Sussex

b: 1849 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 10^th Jun 1849 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 1873 Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 9^th Mar 1873 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1874 Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 14^th Jun 1874 St. Margaret's Church
d: 1887

b: 22^nd Dec 1875 Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 12^th Mar 1876 St. Margaret's Church

b: 2^nd Jan 1879 Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 9^th Mar 1879 St. Margaret's Church
d: 9^th Oct 1915 France
bur: After 9^th Oct 1915 Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

b: 27^th Sep 1880 Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 12^th Dec 1880 St. Margaret's Church

b: 30^th Nov 1883 Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 6^th Jan 1884 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1886 Uckfield, Sussex
d: 22^nd Sep 1918 France
bur: After 22^nd Sep 1918 Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'huile, Aisne, France

Parental
record