Anthony Ward-Booth
{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|name=Anthony Ward-Booth
|birth_date=18 July 1927
|death_date=25 August 2002 (aged 75)
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|serviceyears=1946−1982
|servicenumber=369352
|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
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|commands= 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
16 Parachute Brigade
Western District
|unit= Worcestershire Regiment
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|awards= Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Major-General John Anthony Ward-Booth {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|DL}} (18 July 1927 – 25 August 2002) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Worksop College, Ward-Booth was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment in 1946.{{London Gazette|issue=37660|page=3788|supp=y|date=19 July 1946}} He became commanding officer of 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment in 1967.{{cite book|title=Debrett's People of Today 1994|year=1994|isbn=978-1870520195}} He went on to be commander of 16 Parachute Brigade in 1970, Deputy Adjutant General, Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine in 1974 and Director, Army Air Corps in 1976. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding (GOC) Western District in 1979 before retiring in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}
In 1952 he married Margaret Joan Hooper: they had two sons and two daughters.
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{{s-aft|after=Richard Keightley}}
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Category:People educated at Worksop College
Category:British Army major generals
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Worcestershire Regiment officers