Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Rourke
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 18308
- Rank: Sapper
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
- Unit/Ship: 25th Army Troops Company
- Place of Death: Magdalen Hospital, Winchester
- Age at Death: 28
- Date of Death: 20.02.1919
- Burial Country: Scotland
- Cemetery: Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: A.5.1337
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mrs Rourke, 54 Polepark Rd, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Augustine Rourke, Fosse 10, Hersin, Compigny, France
- Children:
More about James Rourke
Although James served with the British Army, he is remembered on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial and in Wigney’s C.E.F. Roll of Honour. (Wigney’s entry indicates a possible connection to Condor, Alberta).
For more information on James, visit, James Memorial
For reasons unknown James Rourke is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour.
James Rourke 18308 Royal Engineers
ROURKE—At Magdalen Hospital, Winchester, on 20th February, of pneumonia, 18308 Driver James Rourke, R.E., aged 28, beloved son of Mrs Rourke, 54 Polepark Road, Dundee.
Dundee Peoples Journal 1st March 1919
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell.
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