Anthony Clarke Booth
Colour Sergeant, 80th Regiment (The South Staffordshire Regiment)
- Register No.
- 103 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Colour Sergeant all Colour-Sergeants →
- Unit
- 80th Regiment (The South Staffordshire Regiment) (register: 80th Regiment of Foot) all 80th Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 12 March 1879 on this day → all of 1879 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Zulu War
- London Gazette
- 23rd February 1880 on this day → all of 1880 →
- Born
- 21st April 1846 at Carrington, Nottingham
- Died
- 8th December 1899 at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
- Memorial / grave
- the Garrison Church, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Medal held by
- the Staffordshire Regiment's Museum
Digest of citation
On 12th March 1879 on the Intombi River, South Africa*,during an attack by very large numbers of the enemy, Colour-Sergeant Booth rallied a few men on the South Bank of the river and covered the retreat of 50 soldiers and others for a distance of three miles. Had it not been for the coolness displayed by this NCO not one man would have escaped
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BOOTH Anthony Clarke. (Reg. No. 103)
Colour Sergeant 80th Regiment (The South Staffordshire Regiment).
London Gazetted on 23rd February 1880.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Staffordshire Regiment's Museum.
Born on 21st April 1846 at Carrington, Nottingham.
Died on 8th December 1899 at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire.
Memorials at the Garrison Church, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Digest of Citation reads: On 12th March 1879 on the Intombi River, South Africa*,during an attack by very large numbers of the enemy, Colour-Sergeant Booth rallied a few men on the South Bank of the river and covered the retreat of 50 soldiers and others for a distance of three miles. Had it not been for the coolness displayed by this NCO not one man would have escaped.
* During the Zulu Wars.
* During the Zulu Wars.
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