Lieutenant James Alfred Rooke
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Rooke,
James Alfred
Date of birth: 1884-06-17
Place of birth: Birmingham Warwickshire England
Next of kin: James A Rooke, 2052 Clarke St., Montreal, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Villers Station Cemetery, VIII. A. 17.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(87th Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: He went over the top in charge of the first wave of his Company during the attack on VIMY RIDGE, and had only advanced a short distance, when he was hit in the head by an enemy rifle bullet and instantly killed
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 60250
LAC ID:
616100
Service file: B8448-S052
Uploader's Notes:
2 years 1st I.I.C. ? 3 years R.W. Fusiliers1 year 11th Army? Rangers
Son of James Alfred Rooke; husband of Margaret Ann Rooke, of 102, Whitehead Rd., Aston, Birmingham, England.
Original service number: 25666
Previous service (? indicates unsure of transcription:)
3 years I.V. B. S. Staffs3 years 1st Q.M.R.F. ?2 years 1st I.I.C. ? 3 years R.W. Fusiliers1 year 11th Army? Rangers
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 87th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-09