Leslie Booth

Birgediya Eric Leslie Booth, DSO & Bar , ED (Afrilu 21, 1904 - Agusta 14, 1944) jami'in sojan Kanada ne. 

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An haifi Leslie Booth a Lancaster, Ingila, kuma ɗa ne ga John William Booth da Rose Elizabeth Booth. Mahaifinsa tsohon soja ne a Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya. 

Ya shiga rundunar sojojin Kanada a lokacin zaman lafiya, Booth ya kasance jami'i a cikin Dokin Mississauga na Toronto sannan daga baya ya zama Dragoons na 2/10 na Hamilton har zuwa lokacin da yaƙi ya ɓarke a 1939. Ya shiga rundunar Hussars ta farko ta London, ya tafi ƙasashen waje inda daga baya aka haɗa shi da rundunar sojojin Burtaniya ta 17 a matsayin kwamandan rundunar kuma ya yi aiki a yakin Arewacin Afirka a ƙarƙashin Janar Montgomery . Canada, Veterans Affairs (20 February 2019). 

Bayan ya sake shiga Rundunar Sojojin Kanada a lokacin da Sojojin kawance suka mamaye Sicily, an kara wa Booth matsayi zuwa Laftanar Kanar kuma aka ba shi kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Sulke ta 12 (Rukunin Ruwa Uku) . A lokacin yakin, ya sami Dokar Bautar da Aka Ba shi. Canada, Veterans Affairs (20 February 2019).    Daga baya Booth ya sami Bar ga DSO dinsa yayin da yake jagorantar rundunar a Yaƙin Ortona lokacin da ya yi watsi da barazanar harbin maharbi, harsashi da turmi, ya ci gaba da leƙen asiri da kuma jagorantar da kuma ƙarfafa sojojin rundunarsa. 

A shekarar 1944, an dawo da Booth daga Italiya aka ba shi jagorancin rundunar sojojin Kanada ta 4 da aka yi wa sulke . A lokacin da ake aiki a Normandy a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1944, Manjo Janar George Kitching, wanda bai iya isa wurin Booth ta rediyo ba, ya same shi yana maye a cikin tankinsa. Kitching ya tsawata wa Booth sosai, amma bai cire shi ba.

An kashe Booth a ranar 14 ga Agusta, lokacin da manyan bindigogin Jamus suka bugi tankinsa a lokacin Operation Tractable . An binne Brigadier Booth a makabartar Yaƙin Kanada ta Bretteville-sur-Laize .  

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1904