Lance Corporal Dennis Arthur O'Rourke, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1915 (c)

Photographic miniature, photographer unknown, over-painted by unknown artist, 1919 (c).

Bust-length portrait in the uniform of the Coldstream Guards. In a leather, velvet and satin lined case.

Lance Corporal O'Rourke was killed in action in France on 30 September 1915, aged 17. Dennis O'Rourke was one of six brothers who all died during World War One (1914-1918). O'Rourke's body was never found. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.