Rooke, Ernest J

Poppy on a wooden cross

Age: 37
Date of birth: 1880

Parents: Mrs N F Rooke
Wife: Mabel Fanny Renshaw (formerly Rooke)
Address:

Occupation: Prison Service - Attendant at Hatton Asylum

Ernest John Rooke was born in Leamington Spa in January 1880. He was baptised at St. Paul’s Church, Leamington on 24th March 1880. He was one of five children, three boys and two girls. His mother died

in 1891 at the age of 35. In 1911 Ernest was on the Isle of Wight working at a Prison Warder at Parkhurst Prison. He married Mabel Fanny Peck on the Isle of Wight in July 1914.

After the war, in 1922, Mabel married Ernest Jameson Renshaw. There were no children from either marriage. Mabel died in 1976.

Warwick Advertiser Local War Items 29th September 1917:

Military Service

Rank & Number: Corporal, 5307
Regiment/Service: 13th Hussars, Royal Horse Guards
Brigade/Division: 8th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division
Date of death: Monday, September 03, 1917
Cause of death/Battle: Drowned
Commemorated/Buried: Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais
Awards: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at:

According to the 1901 census, at the age of 21, Ernest was based in Norwich at the Calvary Barracks. His army record shows that he had served in the Boer War during 1901-2.

In October 1914 Ernest was wounded. He was admitted to 2nd Northern General hospital, Leeds. Earnest was entitled to wear a ‘Wound Stripe’.

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpt courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office

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