Major Booth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Major Booth

Cricket player of England.

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1886

Place of Birth: Pudsey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1916

Profession: association football player, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Major William Booth (10 December 1886 in Lowtown, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England – 1 July 1916 near La Cigny, France) was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1908 and 1914, a season in which he was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Note that "Major" was a given name, not a military rank.
His international career was restricted to the 1913–14 tour of South Africa, which was the last Test match tour before the First World War.
After receiving a commission in the West Yorkshire Regiment, Booth became Second Lieutenant Major Booth, and died just under a year later when he went over the top on the trenches on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Somme offensive.
After his death his sister would light a candle in his room every night in the hope that he would return.