Death
On 16 June 1929 his family was summoned to his bedside, and on that Sunday evening General Bramwell Booth died (or was Promoted to Glory) at his home, The Homestead, Hadley Wood, near Barnet, Hertfordshire. For the Friday and Saturday following his death Bramwell Booth's body lay in state at The Salvation Army's Congress Hall. On the Saturday evening 10,000 Salvationists and friends filled the Royal Albert Hall to bid farewell to their beloved former General.
General Bramwell Booth was buried near his parents at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London. Huge crowds attended his funeral. He was commemorated by the Bramwell Booth Memorial Hall, Queen Victoria Street, London.
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