Joseph Henry Boothby
View Joseph Henry on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
17232
Rank:
Private
Service:
Leicestershire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
29 August 1889
Date of death:
25 September 1915
Age at Death:
25
Known information
Private Joseph Henry Boothby was the son of Aubin John and Charlotte Boothby of North Luffenham and was born on 29 August 1889. He joined the Leicestershire Regiment in March 1915, and went out to France the following May to join C Company of the 2nd Battalion. He took part in the Battle of Loos, and was killed on 25 September 1915. He has no known grave and so is remembered on panel 43 of the Loos Memorial and the war memorial in the church in North Luffenham.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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