Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘Owen Rourke, born 27 June 1912 in Bradford. Parents’ names not known, but his mother’s maiden surname was Dooley. He married Edith Slingsby in 1933. In the 1939 Register they were living at 70 Cliffe Lane and he was employed as a Wool Warehouseman. At the time of his death his home was 24 Northcliffe Avenue, Thornton. Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn., #4623544. Died 30 March 1942, aged 29. Commemorated on Face 13 of the Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.'