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VC774 Frederick Charles Booth
Name Frederick Charles Booth No. 1630
VC Issue No. 774 Awards VC DCM
Regiment British South African Police, attached to the 1st Rhodesia Native Regiment
Later
Now Zimbabwe Republic Police
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Bowes Park, Upper Holloway, London, England
Place Of Death St Anne's Red Cross Convalescent Hospital for Officers, Kemptown, Brighton, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes Bear Road Cemetery, Bear Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 18 September 1960
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Red Cross Section, Grave ZKZ 36
Gazetted 8 June 1917
VC Presented 16 January 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Bear Road Cemetery, Bear Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England
P Named on Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Display & named in memorial book 'For Valour', Cheltenham College Library, Gloucestershire
Entry in 'Honours Book', Archives Department, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, London
Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, The Castle, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, South Africa
By The Way…
As a trooper in the British South African Police, he received a commendation for saving the life of a drowning horse in the Zambezi River
VC Held By
Believed To Be With South African Police, Harare, Zimbabwe
BORN 6 March 1890
DIED 14 September 1960 AGE 70
VC Won 12 February 1917 AGE 26
Place VC Won Johannesbruck, near Songea, German East Africa (now Tanzania)
War/Campaign First World War 1917
