Pte
John Rooney
Military Details
Service Number: 15581
Regiment & Unit / Ship
6th Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
5, Aldby St., Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
6th
Service Number at Enlistment
15581
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1894
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
5 Aldby Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
69 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
5 Aldby Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
Mother Rose Singleton Brook Street , Preston
Married
Catherine Rooney
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
9th August 1915
Age at Death
21
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Suvla
Theater of Action
Dardenelles
Battle
Battle of Suvla Bay
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
6th
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
Helles Memorial
Turkey
Grave Position: Panel 120 to 126 or 222 and 223.
Private Memorial: St Marys RC Church Cleator WW1 memorial
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