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ANNFIELD PLAIN

Rooney, W., Pte., 1914

Photo: Andy Denholm

In Aylesbury Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Grave which reads:

18528 Private
W. Rooney
Durham Light Infantry
10th October 1914 age 43.

Pte. Rooney was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland. He resided in Catchgate, Durham and enlisted in Stanley. He died at home.

Acknowledgments: Andy Denholm

He is remembered in Annfield Plain on A38.01, in Dipton on D46.06, in Leadgate on L65.01 and in the D.L.I. Book of Remembrance page 280


The CWGC entry for Private Rooney

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