Served with Durban Light Infantry (#510) before Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment. Died of bullet wound to the stomach at Riet Spruit near De Jagger's Drift outside Dundee.
Source: Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry, Vol. 1, Roll of Honour, "The South African War, 1899-1902".
John Dovey, 1 Sep 2026 (findmypast.com, Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902, cross-checked against the Durban Light Infantry Chapel Boer War Roll of Honour plaque): Private J.W. Booth, Service No. 86, Durban Light Infantry. Confirmed.
Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour, compiled by K.M. Jordan, April 2020 (via angloboerwar.com's Durban Light Infantry 'Roll of honour' PDF, https://www.angloboerwar.com/images/pdf/DLI_ABW_ROH.pdf citing Historical Record of the Durban Volunteer Infantry Corps 1854-1904, The Durban Light Infantry Volume I: 1854-1934 (Lt-Col A.C. Martin), In Memoriam ROH of Imperial Forces ABW 1899-1902 (Steve Watt, 2000), Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa (Nicki von der Heyde), Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, and kznpr.co.za.: Trooper J. Wood Booth, Service No. 86 with the Durban Light Infantry / No. 510 with the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment (served with DLI but formally in the NVCR), died of a bullet wound at Riet Spruit near Dundee. Also commemorated on the Natal Composite Volunteer Regiment Memorial, St. James' Church, Dundee. Regiment corrected from Durban Light Infantry; DLI Service No. 86 (already on record) retained.
Durban Light Infantry King's Medal Roll / Muster Roll, 29/9/1899 to 31/5/1902 (V5012/02, Record Office Discharge Depot, Cape, signed G. Molyneux, Capt., Adjt. D.L.I.) -- 10-page nominal roll scan on angloboerwar.com's Durban Light Infantry unit page, 'Nominal roll images' tab.: Corps No. 510, Booth J.W., "1/8/00 to Dead V.C.R." -- confirms the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment attachment.
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (updated Nov 2023; email to John/Bobby 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_abw_roh_2023-11-21.pdf (Downloads: "0. DLI ABW ROH - 21 Nov 2023.pdf").: Tpr J. Wood Booth, NVCR SN 86 (DLI #510); age 30; dates 01/10/1900 or 02/10/1900 — ROH kept 1900-10-02. Also NCVR memorial St James Dundee.
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (updated Nov 2023; email to John/Bobby 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_abw_roh_2023-11-21.pdf (Downloads: "0. DLI ABW ROH - 21 Nov 2023.pdf").: Tpr J. Wood Booth, NVCR SN 86 (DLI #510); age 30; dates 01/10/1900 or 02/10/1900 — ROH kept 1900-10-02. Also NCVR memorial St James Dundee.
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Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry (Vol. 1)
Roll of Honour, The South African War 1899-1902
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angloboerwar.com
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Durban Light Infantry unit page (King's Medal / Muster Roll, Nominal roll images)
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angloboerwar.com
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K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (April 2020 PDF)
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