Born during the June quarter 1894 in the Lancaster
R.D. - ref: 8e/713, the son of Richard & Mary
Ellen Roocroft (nee Rose).

1901 Census - 23 Primrose Street, Lancaster.   
Son - aged: 7 - born: Lancaster.   Head of
household - Richard Roocroft - Married - aged: 38
- occ: Police Inspector - born: Lancaster.  Also -
Mary E. Roocroft - Wife - aged: 37 - born:
Lancaster.   Plus 6 siblings and his paternal
grandfather.

1911 Census - 27 Owen Road, Lancaster.   Son -
aged: 17 - occ: Assistant Clerk - born: Lancaster.
  Head of household - Richard Roocroft - Married -
aged: 48 - occ: Inspector of Police - born:
Lancaster.  Also - Mary Ellen Roocroft - Wife -
aged: 47 - born: Lancaster.   Plus 4 siblings.

Married Ellen Smithies during the September
quarter 1924 in the Blackburn R.D. - ref: 8e/1249.
  They resided at, 9 Gorse Crescent, Stretford.

1939 National Registration - 9 Gorse Crescent,
Stretford.   Richard Roocroft - Married - born:
7th March 1894 - occ: General Warehouse Work. 
Elllen Roocroft - Married - born: 22nd May 1893 -
occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties.   Thomas Roocroft -
Single - born: 12th July 1925 - occ: Apprentice
Electrical Engineer.

Serving as a Lieutenant in the 44th Lancaster
(Stretford) Bn Home Guard.

CWGC - Employed as a Warehouse Clerk.  Died at
Withington Hospital.

Buried 07/05/1941 - Buirial No. 18,135.  CWGC
Headstone.

M.I. - "Resting where no shadows fall".

His widow - Ellen Roocroft, married John W. Brown
on the 13th June 1945.