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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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