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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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