Leslie Booth
Brigadier Eric Leslie Booth, DSO & Bar, ED (April 21, 1904 – August 14, 1944) was a Canadian Army officer.
Born in Lancaster, England, Leslie Both was the son of John William Booth and Rose Elizabeth Booth.
In 1944, Booth was recalled from Italy and given command of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade. During operations in Normandy on August 8, 1944, Major General George Kitching, unable to reach Booth by radio, found him drunk in his tank. Kitching severely reprimanded Booth, but did not remove him. Booth was killed on August 14, when his tank was hit by German artillery during Operation Tractable.
Booth is buried at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
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