Anthony Ward-Booth

Major-General John Anthony Ward-Booth OBE DL (18 July 1927 – 25 August 2002) was a British Army officer.

Educated at Worksop College, Ward-Booth was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment in 1946.

[2] 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.

[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding (GOC) Western District in 1979 before retiring in 1982.

[3] In 1952 he married Margaret Joan Hooper: they had two sons and two daughters.