Catherine Bramwell-Booth
(1883-1987), Salvation Army Officer; daughter of (William) Bramwell BoothSitter in 5 portraits
Catharine Bramwell-Booth's grandfather, William Booth, founded the Salvation Army in 1865. At eighteen, Catherine became a full-time Salvation Army officer, an occupation she retained until her retirement. She held appointments in a number of provincial centres before spending a decade training women officers at the Salvation Army's International Training College in London. In 1917 she made headlines when she led a rescue team into an area devastated by the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in West Ham, London, in which sixty people were killed. She was involved with relief work in Europe after both world wars. From 1946 she was International Secretary for Europe until she retired in 1948.
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 11 January 1979
NPG P801
The daughters of William Bramwell Booth (Olive Emma Booth; Dora Booth; Catherine Bramwell-Booth)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1981
NPG P178
The daughters of William Bramwell Booth (Olive Emma Booth; Dora Booth; Catherine Bramwell-Booth)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print colour print, 1981
NPG P179
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 27 June 1929
NPG x184786
The daughters of William Bramwell Booth (Olive Emma Booth; Dora Booth; Catherine Bramwell-Booth)
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, August 1981
NPG x30148
Related People
- Bernard B. Booth (brother)
- (William) Bramwell Booth (father)
- Dora Booth (sister)
- Evangeline Cory Booth (aunt)
- Florence Eleanor Booth (née Soper) (mother)
- Helen Booth (niece)
- Joan Booth (niece)
- Mary Booth (sister)
- Olive Emma Booth (sister)
- William Booth (grandfather)
- Lucy Milward Booth-Helberg (née Booth) (aunt)
- Emma Moss Booth-Tucker (née Booth) (aunt)
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