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Gunner RICHARD (DICK) BROOKS

Service Number: 159585
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

V/5th Trench Mortar Bty.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. A. 21.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Myra Brooks, of 88, Rochdale Rd., Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LAST WRITTEN WORD "RESTING" REST ON BELOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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