Rooke,+Frederick

Private, South Staffordshire Regiment. Service number 07115, later 32661. 90, Park Lane, Keighley.
 * Frederick Rooke**



Brother to Harry Rooke and Alfred William Rooke

Rooke, Fred 90, Park Lane
 * Listing in Keighley's Gallant Sons:**

1908: Marriage to Florence Spurr in Keighley on 26th March. 1911: Census: Living at 82, Park Lane, Keighley. 1912: Living at 90, Park Lane, Keighley. 1915: Enlisted 3rd May, aged 28 years, 9 months. Entered France on 30th October. 1917: Wounded in October 1917, Invalided home. Leg amputated. Silver War Badge issued (number B284123) 1919: Officially discharged 26th April.

Private Fred Rooke, South Staffordshire Regiment, of 90, Park Lane, Keighley, has been wounded and has had a leg amputated. He is now in a Manchester hospital. Private Rooke, who was a lamplighter employed by the Keighley Corporation, joined the army ordnance corps in May 1915. He saw foreign service with that branch of the army and was afterwards transferred to the South Staffordshire Regiment.
 * Keighley News report dated 3rd November 1917:**