Born: 1889, Horsforth
Died: 22 July 1918, PoW camp
Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery
Address: 997 Harrogate Road, Applerley Bridge
Parents: Joseph & Elizabeth
Spouse:
Siblings: Frank, Maria, James Walter, Ida, Alice Ann, Florence, Charles
Occupation: Cotton dyer’s labourer
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Sgt
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Greengates
Children:
Regiment: Lincolnshire
Richard Roo
Richard was the eldest of the eight surviving
children of the ten, all born in Horsforth, to sand
stone mason Joseph Roo and his wife Elizabeth.
The family were still living in Horsforth at the time
of the 1911 census but when the Shipley Times &
Express published a story on 6 July 1917 about how
Richard and two of his brothers – Walter and Stead
– were serving their country, they gave their address
as 997 Harrogate Road, Apperley Bridge.
They reported that Richard, like his two brothers,
had worked at Newlay Dyeworks before the war and
had ‘enlisted in March last year. He had only been in
France eight weeks when he was wounded and
taken prisoner.’
The next mention of him is published on 18 October 1918 and reads:
‘News has been received that Sgt Richard Roo, Lincolnshire Regt, of 997
Harrogate Road, a prisoner of war in Germany, has died of pneumonia.
