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Private WILLIAM WARRINGTON ROOKSBY

Service Number: 25129
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOWCESTER CEMETERY

O. 53.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Rooksby; husband of May Selina Sharp (formerly Rooksby), of Brackley Rd., Towcester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

TOWCESTER CEMETERY
Northamptonshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 22
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