NAM.2004-12-8-1

Folder containing 15 page service record of Brig John R Booth, DSO, 1920 (c)-1947 (c). Details his appointments and promotions, service postings, training courses for languages and anti-gas measures, and details of awards and wounds. Commissioned on 16 Jul 1920, Booth transferred to the Indian Army, 4th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment, on 4 Dec 1921. Promoted to Captain on 16 July 1927, during the 1930s he served in Waziristan on the North West Frontier when on attachment to the Tochi Scouts, Frontier Force (1929-1934). After a period of regimental duty, Booth’s service then included spells with the Intelligence Bureau in Baluchistan (1937-1939), active service on the Indian frontier and in Burma with 20th Indian Division (1943-1945) during which he was awarded the DSO at Monywa, a tour with the Khyber Rilfes (1945-1946) and command of the Wana Brigade (1946-1947). A skilled linguist, one of his last duties before retirement was supervising the 1947 independence referendum on the future of the North West Frontier Province. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945) and India (1939-1945) and India, North West Frontier (1937-1945).

India, North West Frontier (1937-1945), World War Two, India (1939-1945), World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)