Dawlish News

Robert Henry Rooke was born at 16 Wellington Road, Ellacombe on December 19, 1902. His father was Frank Rooke, of Dawlish, and his son's name was recorded as “Rourke “(the Irish equivalent of Rooke). Fortunately the Newton Abbot Registrar (at that time it covered Dawlish, Teignmouth and Torbay) recorded it correctly. His mother was Constance Mary Harris, of Dawlish, and his parents married in September 1901 and spent their honeymoon at Liskard in Cornwall before a year later Robert arrived.

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