William Morgan Rooney

1891 - 1914  (23 years)

• Name	William Morgan Rooney
  Birth	1891	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  	Address: 13 Court 3 House, Bissell Street
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Bombay, Maharashtra, India   [3]
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [3]
  	Private, R War R (Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
  Death	31 Oct 1914	France and Flanders   [4, 5]
  	Name: William Rooney Service number: 1142 Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment Battalion: 2nd Battalion. Birth place: Birmingham Residence: Birmingham Enlistment place: Warwick Death date: 31 Oct 1914 Cause of death: Killed in action Death place: France and Flanders Theatre of war: Western European Theatre Category: Military, armed forces and conflict Subcategory: First World War Source: Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 To 1921) Archive reference: ARR1 Volume: I.50 War: First World War, 1914-1918 Record set: British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials Name: William Rooney Sex: Male Death year: 1914 Service number: 1142 Rank: Private Unit or regiment: Warwickshire Regiment Type: Armed Forces Page: 141 Records year range: 1914 Line number: 7
  Notes	1901 census - living with grandmother and older sister, Fanny who married Frederick Mewis, the brother of Florrie Mewis, William's wife
  Person ID	I2488	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Florrie Mewis,   b. 21 May 1892, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 30 Sep 1964, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1913	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [6]
  Family ID	F665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1891 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Residence - Address: 13 Court 3 House, Bissell Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Residence - 2 Apr 1911 - Bombay, Maharashtra, India Marriage - 1913 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Death - 31 Oct 1914 - France and Flanders  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  ROONEY, William: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for William ROONEY. He was a Private in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He entered the theatre of war on 4 Oct 1914, and Killed in Action. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914 Star (with Clasp). UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Rooney, William Morgan; Mother's Maiden Surname: -; GRO Reference: 1891 S Quarter in BIRMINGHAM Volume 06D Page 96 (accessed 29 Sep 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Rooney, William; Birth year: 1892; Birth town: Birmingham; Birth county: Warwickshire; Reg dist: Birmingham; Parish: Birmingham; County: Warwickshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2835; Folio: 132; Page: 11 (accessed 28 Apr 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Rooney, William; Birth year: 1891; Birth place: Birmingham Warwick; County: Overseas Military; Ref: RG14PN34997 RD641 SD22 ED7 SN9999 (accessed 29 Sep 2017). [S137] British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths And Burials (FindMyPast), Rooney, William; 1914; Archive reference: ARR1; Source: Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 To 1921) (accessed 25 Oct 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Rooney, William; 1914; Service number: 1142; Rank: Private; Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment (accessed 29 Sep 2017). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Rooney, William H - Mewis, Florrie; 1913; Birmingham, Warwickshire; S Quarter; Volume: 6D; Page: 547 (accessed 28 Oct 2018).