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The Salvation Army was founded in London's East End in 1865 by one-time Methodist Reform Church minister William Booth and his wife Catherine Booth as the East London Christian Mission, [1]: 21 and this name was used until 1878. [1]: 5 The name "The Salvation Army" developed from an incident on 19 and 20 May 1878.
Hattersley, Roy (1999), Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army, Little Brown, ISBN 0-316-85161-2; Railton, George Scott (1912), The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, George H. Doran; Sandall, Robert (1947), The History of the Salvation Army Vol.1 1865–78, Thomas Nelson
Born in Brighouse, England, Ballington Booth was the second child of William and Catherine Booth, founders of The Salvation Army in 1878. As a teenager, he began preaching at Salvation Army open-air meetings, where he would often end by singing and playing his concertina.
Catherine Booth (née Mumford, 17 January 1829 – 4 October 1890) was co-founder of The Salvation Army, along with her husband William Booth.Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army she was known as the 'Mother of The Salvation Army'.
Major Thomas E. Moore (c.1839 [1] - January 7, 1898) was the National Commander of The Salvation Army in the United States. He later split from the Salvation Army and founded the American Rescue Workers, originally called The Salvation Army of America.
William Bramwell Booth, CH (8 March 1856 – 16 June 1929) was a Salvation Army officer, Christian and British charity worker who was the first Chief of Staff (1881–1912) and the second General of The Salvation Army (1912–1929), succeeding his father, William Booth.
The High Council of The Salvation Army was established by William Booth, the founder of the organisation, in 1904.It provided high-ranking officers the ability to replace a general who could no longer fulfill his duties for reasons of either ill health or general unfitness. [3]
In 1917, five years after the death of the founder of the Salvation Army William Booth, his son, General Bramwell Booth, inaugurated the Order of the Founder to recognise Salvationists who had rendered distinguished service, such as would have specially commended itself to the Founder.