Rothwell worked as a
clerk.
Wounded twice within the year, Rothwell was promoted to
corporal on 13 October 1916, attaining the rank of
sergeant within a month and a half. Rothwell was accidentally wounded whilst practicing with
grenades on 27 January 1917 and was evacuated to the 45th
Casualty Clearing Station in
Dernancourt, where he
died of wounds the following day. Rothwell was buried at the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. ==Career statistics==