Pte Allan Charles Brooks Roper was killed in action in Palestine aged 41. He left behind a widow Sarah Jane (nee Booth) whom he married in 1903 and a family of small children. He was born at Teversal to parents Henry and Eliza. Pte Roper had been a serving soldier and originally went out to France on 24th October 1915 with the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment. He had also served as Pte 15285 in the Lincolnshire Regiment. Previous to re-enlisting he worked as a miner at the Silverhill Colliery.

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