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Corporal CECIL EDMUND BROOKES

Service Number: 6276
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. B. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Herbert and Lily Brookes, of Willesborough, Kent. After serving over 18 months on the battlefields he was killed on the eve of obtaining his commission.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED BY HIS DEAR CROSS AND BLOOD THE VICTORY WON
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1182
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