In Memory of

JAMES ROCKEY

Private
M/283912
648th M.T. Coy., Army Service Corps
who died on
Monday, 18th November 1918. Age 20.

Additional Information: Son of James and Annie (nee Lewis) Rockey, of 218 Newport Rd., Cardiff. Employed at Engineers' Yard, Cardiff Railway Company. Died at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Commemorative Information

Cemetery: NAKURU NORTH CEMETERY, Kenya
Grave Reference 27
Location: Nakuru lies 155 kilometres north-west of Nairobi, on the road to Kampala. On entering Nakuru take the right turn indicated by the direction sign just before the railway bridge. This road curves around behind railway housing until it reaches the cemetery. The entrance to the large civil cemetery is indicated by a direction sign, and the war graves will be found mostly within, or close to, the two main burial plots on the southern side of the cemetery.
Historical Information: There are 27 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and a further 45 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war in this cemetery.
Newspapers: Western Mail 29th November 1918
James Rockey
ROCKEY. On November 18, at Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa, Private James Rockey (late Engineers' Yard, Cardiff Railway Company). Beloved youngest son of James and Annie Rockey, 218 Newport Road, Cardiff. The end of a perfect life.