Private 1979 Harry ROOKE

Private 1979 Harry Rooke{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Le-Touret{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Festubert, France and Flanders, 16th May 1915, aged 47

• Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 6
  
• Awarded: 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Eliza Rooke
  
• Husband of Kate Rooke [nee Purkiss – now Barrs]. Married Jul Qtr 1910
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Rooke
• Le Touret Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1882, Warwick
  
• Lived at  11 Newdegate Place, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton