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Marine SYDNEY FREDERICK ROOKES

Service Number: PLY/18146
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1940

Buried or commemorated at

BRISTOL (GREENBANK) CEMETERY

XX. 500.

United Kingdom

Greenbank Cemetery Bristol

Photographer: Dave Seddon

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Rookes, of Chenson, Devon; husband of Dorothy Rookes and father of Gordon and Norman Rookes, of Bristol, all of whom were killed in the same incident.
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Buried or commemorated at

BRISTOL (GREENBANK) CEMETERY
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 347
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