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Surname: ROTHERA
Forename(s): Cain
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 24533
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1918-10-27
Awards: M.M.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: GIAVERA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Cain Rothera (born 21 March 1894) was the son of Thomas Ackroyd and Margaret Rothera, née Lund. Thomas was born at Keighley and Margaret at Silsden, Yorkshire.
1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 253, West Lane - Cain Rothera, aged 7 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Thomas A. and Margaret Rothera.
1911 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 46, Surrey Street, Bradford Road - Cain Rothera, aged 17 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Thomas Ackroyd and Margaret Rothera.
The British Army Service Record for Cain Rothera exists but may be incomplete.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Cain Rothera M.M. 10th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 27.10.18 Italy. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Thos. A. £17 13s. 10d.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Cain ROTHERA
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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Private Cain Rothera
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Private Cain Rothera’s Victory Medal
Courtesy of Ian Rothera
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Courtesy of Ian Rothera
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