Born: 1888, Shipley
Died: 11 August 1917
Buried: Reninghelst New Military Cemetery
Address: 7 Hudson’s Buildings, Green Lane, Baildon
Parents: Ben and Martha Ann, nee Whitehead
Spouse: Martha Ann, nee Ellison
Siblings:
Occupation: Manager Co-operative Boot & Shoe Stores
Organisations/clubs: Deacon Bethel Baptist Church
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Bethel Baptist Church; Baildon
Children Stanley
Regiment: Middlesex Regt
Stanley Ben Rooum
Stanley Ben Rooum was the son of
Ben Rooum.
Ben was born c1855 in London. He
married Martha Ann Whitehead in
1879.
Stanley, the fifth of eight children,
was born 1888 in Shipley.
In 1891 the family were living at
15 Taylor Terrace in Shipley, with
Ben working as a stuff presser.
In 1901& 1911 they lived at 12
Pratt Lane in Shipley. Stanley
worked as a worsted spinner then
as a journeyman bootmaker.
He married Martha Ann Ellison in
1912. They had a son, also called
Stanley, born 1917.
They lived at 7 Hudson’s
Buildings, Green Lane, Baildon.
Stanley served as a Private with the
2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment.
He was killed in action 11 August
1917 and he was buried in
Reninghelst New Military
Cemetery near Ypres in Belgium.
On 31 August 1917, the Shipley
Times & Express reported:
Mrs Rooum, Green Lane, Baildon,
has received official intimation that
her husband, Pte Stanley Ben
Rooum (29) was killed in action on
August 11th.
Pte Rooum was a Windhill man. He
served his time as a boot repairer
with the Windhill Industrial Society
at Shipley.
He attained the position of under
manager of the Shipley Co-
operative Boot and Shoe Stores and
was later appointed manager of the
Padiham Co-operative Stores.
He was called up to the colours
whilst in this position and went out
along with other Shipley men.
He was a member and sometime
secretary of the Bethel Baptist
Church Shipley and also of the
Independent Order of Rechabites.
Thanks to Colin Coates who
researched and wrote Stanley’s profile
