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 ====Appointments====
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-|Territorial Commander - [[France Territory]]| | | |
+|Territorial Commander - [[France and Belgium Territory]]| | | |
 |Commander - Norway| |1951| |
 |Territorial Commander - [[Canada and Bermuda Territory]]|Commissioner|January 1, 1955|June 22, 1964|
+====Salvation Army Chief's Youngest Son To Marry====
+Announcement of the engagement of [[Renee Peyron Booth|Capt. Renne Peyron]], second daughter of [[officers:Albin Peyron|Lieutenant Commissioner]] and Mrs. Peyron of France, and Capt. Wycliffe Booth, son of [[Bramwell Booth|General]] and and Mrs. Bramwell Booth, has just been received from Salvation Army International headquarters at London.
+Commissioner and Mrs. Peyron are two of the oldest officers in the army in point of service. They have been in it more than 36 years.
+Capt. Wycliffe Booth, the youngest child of General and Mrs. Booth, is an accomplished musician and singer.
+//The Butte Daily Post, August 8, 1922 (Butte, Montana)//
+====Tributes to Late General Booth====
+Salvationists throughout the country yesterday paid special tribute to their late General, [[Bramwell Booth]], at memorial services, and in the Westcountry such services were conducted at all the "Army" centres.
+The second son of the late General, Staff Captain Wycliffe Booth, at the memorial service at Plymouth, explained that at the passing of their father members of the family decided to act on the suggestion of one of them that it would have been the General's wish for them to go to different centres and speak at the memorial services of his life and love for his children.
+In a general message read at all services [[Edward Higgins|General E. J. Higgins]], a Westcountryman, said: "We must maintain the traditions handed down to us by our two wonderful Generals, and see to it that those principles which, by the help of God, they nailed high to our mast, shall never be lowered, but, pursuing the course marked out by them, keep ever to the fore the main purpose of the Army, and take it on from victory to victory."
+Remembering his early associations with Plymouth, Staff-Capt. Wycliffe Booth, second son of the late Gen. Bramwell Booth, attended the memorial service to his father held in Plymouth Congress Hall last night. He was accompanied by his wife. Every seat in the spacious building was occupied, and impressive tributes were paid to the late General. The front of the platform was draped in white and purple. "We shall walk through the Valley in peace" was impressively sung by the bandsmen as the Army officers entered the hall and took their seats.
+A niece of the late General ([[officers:Catherine Booth-Tucker Sladen|Colonel Mrs. Sladen]]) said their General fought a great fight as a great leader, but equally well as a brave soldier; and, while he achieved many victories as master of men, he was known to many as a servant of all.
+**New General's Message**
+Staff-Capt. Wycliffe Booth, second son of the late General, speaking at the Plymouth service, described how the family, after bidding the General good-bye for the last time in life, gathered in a room downstairs for prayer. Someone among them said: "Papa would have liked each one to go to a different centre for the memorial service, to speak of his life and his love to us as children." His thoughts turned to Plymouth, where he was received so kindly at the commencement of his career as an officer. Surely, after 66 years of service, he had a right to be the proud son of such a father. At this meeting of remembrance they thought not so much of what the General did as of what God did through him. It was God's spirit in him that made him what he was.
+He then read the following message from General Higgins:-
+"The world is all the poorer for the passing of General Bramwell Booth. His life was spent in efforts to make the world sweeter and purer; and looking back upon the more than fifty years of his public life, we see outstanding marks of achievement in this direction.
+"Then, too, the Army itself is a monument to the faithful and efficient services which the General rendered to the founder during the latter's life, and to the capable leadership revealed by him after the founder laid down his sword.
+"The name of General Bramwell Booth is written large on nearly every page of Salvation Army history, and future generations will hold his memory sacred, and will speak of his extraordinary interest in and efforts for the young people, of his splendid devotion to the missionary fields, and of his noble example in the realm of soul-saving.
+**Officers' Debt**
+"The officers of the Army owe him a debt of gratitude which can best be paid by commutating his example in zeal, in toil, and in service. All ranks to-day salute their promoted leader, remembering with thanksgiving all that his life accomplished, and rejoicing in all that his spirit (moving still amongst his followers) will yet accomplish.
+"We must maintain the traditions handed down to us by our two wonderful Generals, and see to it that those principles which, by the help of God, they nailed high to our mast shall never be lowered, but, pursuing the course marked out by them, keep ever to the fore the main purposes of the Army, and take it on from victory to victory.
+"In the shadow of our loss, let there be a new birth of hopefulness and confidence, carrying us to heights at present unsealed and to depths not yet fathomed. God, Who hitherto has helped us, will, if we are but faithful, lead us thus."
+Speaking for herself and [[officers:Hugh Sladen|Lieut. Col. H. Sladen]], divisional commander for the South West. Mrs. (Colonel) Sladen, niece of the late General, said he (the late General) fought a good fight as a great leader, but equally well as a brave soldier he achieved many victories as a master of men, yet was known to many as a servant of all. He was loved and esteemed for the service he rendered to countless thousands in his world-wide ministry. Citizens would ever hold his name in sacred memory, but even more so the Salvationists of Plymouth and the South West, because of the organization of which he was the chief director and organizer for so many years.
+The General fought valiantly in the cause of righteousness, and was among the few who witnessed the birth of the Salvation Army. In the earliest days of its history, although often battling against physical weakness, he voluntarily accepted many heavy burdens and shared with his father, the founder, the brunt of bitter criticism.
+He so championed the work, however, that as the years passed he steadily built around him an army of capable and devoted officers, whose love to God, service in the ranks, and fidelity to the Army ahs been, and is to-day, a monument of credit to his skillful leadership, first in the capacity of Chief of Staff, and for sixteen years as General.
+He was privileged  to see the formation, growth, and development of a mighty spiritual movement which has become an exceeding great Army of Salvation engaged in active warfare against evil.
+The General kept the faith by his fearless denunciation of sin, his teaching of holiness, and his powerful expositions of divine truth. He kept the faith in his unswerving belief in the regeneration of the worst of sinners. But now he had finished his course, and had already entered into eternal rest and received his reward.
+Salvationists and friends mourned his loss, and desired to express their sympathy with Mrs. Booth and the members of the family, but as the Army mother, Mrs. General William Booth, remarked just before her passing: "The work must go on!" They believed the memory of his life and example would serve to spur them on to more earnest work, higher levels of consecration, and more daring salvationism.
+They now looked into the future with a firm faith in God and the principles of the Army; and with resolute determination to stand unitedly by the colours, pledging their loyalty to, and their confidence in the new and beloved leader, General Edward Higgins.
+Others who took part in the service were Col. Jordan (officer in charge of the Army institution at Sunbury Court), Maj. Allen (an officer from Jamaica), Commandant Ellwood and Sergt.-Maj. F. Rowe (Congress Hall). Staff-Capt. Pennick assisted in the arrangements for the service. There was a special selection of songs and choruses.
+A memorial service was also held in Plymouth Guildhall.
+//Western Morning News, July 1, 1929 (Plymouth, Devon, England)//
+====Colonel Wycliffe Booth at Dumfries====
+Colonel Wycliffe Booth, grandson of [[William Booth|General William Booth]], the founder of the Salvation Army, general secretary of the army in Scotland and Ireland, and Mrs. Wycliffe Booth visited Dumfries over the week-end and conducted the services in the Salvation Army Citadel. Colonel Booth also delivered interesting lectures dealing with the work of the Salvation Army during the war and on the world tours of his father, [[Bramwell Booth|General Bramwell Booth]].
+On Saturday evening, Colonel Booth addressed a large audience on "The Salvation Army in Wartime." Ex-Provost Kelly presided, and in introducing Colonel Booth spoke of the development of the Salvation Army since its early days, and particularly of visits of the founder to Dumfries. He said that General Booth visited the town in the early eighties to present a flag to the local Salvation Army body. There were then no ministers or magistrates to welcome him, and the proceedings passed off with little general public interest. When the Army was first setup in Dumfries the leaders were prosecuted for obstructing the streets with their open-air meetings. Sentences of fine or imprisonment were imposed, and as the result the first officers, Captain Small and Lieut. Robinson, became inmates for a few hours of the old prison in Buccleuch Street until a friend paid the fine which they themselves refused to pay. Lieut. Robinson spent the remainder of his days in the town and was a respected member of the Parish Council and Town Council. When General Booth returned to the town in August, 1905, in the course of a tour of Britain, his reception was a much happier one. Half an hour before his arrival the streets were thronged with people anxious to get a glimpse of the aged, white-haired General as he went through the streets in his white car with red wheels. He was received by Provost Glover, and in acknowledgment said that in former days people had pelted him with mud and stones and rotten eggs, but in his journey from Dover he had been pelted with flowers and blessings and kisses, and in Dumfries they had started to pelt him with £5 notes.
+Colonel Booth delivered a most interesting address descriptive of the work of the Salvation Army, particularly in the blitzed areas of Britain and among the troops.
+On Sunday afternoon Colonel Booth spoke on "Round the World with General Booth."
+Mr. James Hutcheon, town clerk, presided over a large gathering, and in welcoming Colonel Booth said they did so for the sake of his great ancestor, who was one of the great men of Britain, and a fortunate man in that he dreamed a great dream and lived to see it come true, that the Salvation Army should girdle the earth. In these days great plans were being made for the future, but he believed that unless they built Christ into the foundations of these new plans they would fail.
+Colonel Booth delivered a most interesting and informative lecture dealing with his world tour as aide-de-camp to his father. When his grandfather, the founder of the Salvation Army, died in 1912 the army was at work in fifty countries. To-day it was working in a hundred different lands. He himself had been privileged to visit forty-six or forty-seven different lands and to observe the work that the Salvation Army was doing in these countries. It was a most gratifying feature to find that people who adopted Christianity remained faithful to it.
+Prayer was offered by the Rev. P. MacLeod, and the Scripture lesson was read by the Rev. H. A. Cockburn.
+At both services selections were rendered by the united bands and by the choir. Votes of thanks were accorded on the call of Captain Snape, commanding officer in Dumfries.
+//Dumfries and Galloway Standard, February 21, 1945 (Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland)//
+====W. Wycliffe Booth To Visit Hamilton====
+Distinguished visitors to the city this weekend will be Commissioner and Mrs. William Wycliffe Booth. The commissioner, who has recently been appointed as national leader of the Salvation Army in Canada, brings to his post a heritage of Salvation Army knowledge and tradition. He is the grandson of the founder of the Salvation Army, [[William Booth|General William Booth]] and son of the second general [[Bramwell Booth]]. His mother, Mrs. General Bramwell Booth, still lives in the family cottage at High Barnet, England, and is now more than 90 years of age.
+**Commissioner Booth will lead youth councils on Sunday, March 27, in the Central Secondary School at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.**
+Wycliffe Booth was born at High Barnet, England, and entered the work of the Salvation Army from that centre in 1916. During the years of his boyhood and youth his parents were traveling extensively in the army's rapidly expanding evangelistic and social service work. His life was lived in an intense "army" atmosphere. Most of his relatives were officers of the army, and held leading positions.
+In 1923, he married Captain Renee Peyron, whose father and mother, Commissioner and Mrs. Peyron, were the territorial leaders of the Salvation Army in France. Commissioner and Mrs. Booth have five children, four of whom are Salvation Army officers. The youngest, Reine-Blanche, aged 16 years, has accompanied her parents to Canada.
+Canada will not be entirely new to Commissioner Booth. Some years ago he visited the Dominion as ADC to his father, General Bramwell Booth. Two other members of the Booth family have preceded him as leaders of the army in this country; an uncle, [[Herbert Booth|Commandant Herbert Booth]], and an aunt, [[Evangeline Booth|Commander Evangeline Booth]], both well known to thousands of Canadians.
+Commissioner Booth was one of the nominees for the position of general when the [[High Council]] of the Salvation Army met in May, 1954, in London, and elected [[Wilfred Kitching|General Wilfred Kitching]], successor to [[Albert Osborn|General Albert Osborn]].
+A highlight in this series of youth councils will be presented on Saturday night at 7:45 o'clock in the Central Secondary School when a youth program will be the feature. Included is singing, vocal and instrumental music, entertainment and demonstration with conviction. All items are the product of Salvation Army youth. Commissioner Booth will preside.
+During the weekend activities, the commissioner will be supported by Lt.-Col. H. Newman, Brig. M. Flannigan and Brig. Leonard Evenden. Brig. Evenden, the divisional young people's secretary, is the officer responsible for all arrangements.
+//The Hamilton Spectator, March 23, 1955 (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)//
+====Booth Gets Promotion====
+Commissioner Wycliffe Booth, head of the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda for nearly 10 years, is being appointed to the office of international commissioner of the army.
+The commissioner, a grandson of army founder William Booth, will represent [[Frederick Coutts|Gen. Frederick Coutts]], world leader of the Salvation Army, at a series of commemorative gatherings in various parts of the world to mark the centenary of the army in 1965.
+The appointment, announced today, is effective June 23, Commissioner Booth will be replaced as head of the army in Canada and Bermuda by Commissioner Edward Grinstead, now in charge of the army's evangelical work in the United Kingdom.
+//The Vancouver Sun, April 4, 1964 (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)//
+====Salvation Army Leader Visits City====
+Grandpa would be proud of his grandson - W. Wycliffe Booth.
+Grandpa is Gen. William Booth, the bearded patriarch who founded the Salvation Army 100 years ago in England. Booth, who died in 1912, cured Wycliffe of his stuttering shortly after the turn of the century.
+"He made me promise I would speak in public once a week and then he'd check up on me," said Commissioner Wycliffe Booth.
+Commissioner Booth, 70, headed the Salvation Army in France, and now is in semi-retirement. He has just returned from 3 1/2 months in Africa.
+Commissioner Booth and his French wife Renee came to Detroit to launch the Salvation Army centenary observance in Detroit.
+If Grandfather Booth were alive today, what would he think of the Salvation Army?
+"He would think we were slow to use new methods" said Commissioner Booth.
+"I think he would try to have a message every week on Telstar and TV and use all modern media to a greater extent.
+"He would be a little impatient about social work addressed strictly to social needs, such as the care for the aged, hospitals and children's work.
+"He would want to know what is being done in the area of great social evils, drinking and drugs and the like," said the commissioner.
+"He would be concerned with the morals of young people."
+//Detroit Free Press, February 5, 1965 (Detroit, Michigan)//
 ====External====
   * [[https://salvationist.ca/archives-and-museum/people/wycliffe-booth/|Commissioners Wycliffe and Renee Booth]]