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Name John ROOTS   
Rank/Number Sergeant   48
Regiment Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars   
Enlisted Buckingham 
Age/Date of death 34      21 Aug 1915 
How died/Theatre of war Killed in action   Gallipoli
Last known address Cardiff 
Cemetery Helles Memorial, Turkey 
Grave or Memorial Reference Panel 16 & 17 
Location of memorial Tingewick Cemetery
Date/Place of birth Jun qtr 1881      Edenham, Lincs
Date/Place of baptism  
Pre-war occupation of Casualty farmers son 
Parents William John (late) & Elizabeth Mary Roots
Parent's occupation farmer
Parents' Address (last known) Rookery Farm, Tingewick 
Wife Edith Roots nee Davies 
Wife's Address (last known)  
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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