Name	John ROOTS (d)
Rank/Number	Sergeant  / 48
Regiment/Unit	Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars /
Enlisted	Buckingham
Age/Date of death	34 / 21 Aug 1915
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action / Gallipoli
Residence at death	Cardiff
Cemetery	Helles Memorial, Turkey
Grave Reference	Panel 16 & 17
Location of memorial	Tingewick Cemetery War Memorial
Date/Place of birth	Jun qtr 1881 / Edenham, Lincs
Date/Place of baptism
Occupation of Casualty	farmers son
Parents/Occupation	William John (late) & Elizabeth Mary Roots / farmer
Parents' Address	Rookery Farm, Tingewick
Wife	Edith Roots nee Davies
Wife's Address
Notes	Married at Blewbury Church, Berks. Wife born Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire - nursed wounded soldiers in Cardiff. Mother lived at The Mill House, Radclive at time of sons death. Also known as Jack