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Private ERNEST ROOKES

Service Number: 15057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORMANTON UPPER CEMETERY

L. 9. 20.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Whiteley Rookes, of Bay Farm, Robert Town, Liversedge, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN SISTERS LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

NORMANTON UPPER CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 24
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