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Private HORACE GORDON BROOKES

Service Number: 19143
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

"B" Coy. 7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. F. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Brookes, of Enfield, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR HOS. JUST ONE OF MANY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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