Basic Details
Surname
Roope
Forenames
Fred J
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Frederick James Lewis
Served or died
Died
Service number
29663
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 9 Park Street, London Road.

(CWGC records that Private Frederick James Lewis Roope, regimental number 29633, died aged 34 on 23/4/1917 serving in 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment, and is buried in grave I.C.19 at Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery in France. They record him as the husband of Emily E Roope of 9 Park Street, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records Frederick James Lewis Roope as a native of Cambridge who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Emily was his legatee. Frederick's birth was registered in Cambridge in 1885. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents Agnes Rachel and James R Roope at 29 Grove Street, Fletton, Peterborough. His marriage to Emily Esther Young was registered in Peterborough District in 1906. On the 1911 census he and Emily were living at 14 Queen's Walk, Woodston, Peterborough with their son and day-old daughter).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Middlesex Regiment
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Arras
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Near Arras
Cemetery
Heninel Croisilles Road British Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
23
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action near Arras
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
9 PARK STREET LONDON ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial