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 |
Radclive St John the Evangelist |
Date/Place of birth |
Jun qtr 1881 Edenham, Lincs |
Date/Place of baptism |
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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) |
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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 |