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Sergeant JAMES BROOKES

Service Number: 560537
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

142 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1940

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 2A. A. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Stephen and Alice Brookes, of Harwich, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription "HE MAKETH A PATH TO SHINE AFTER HIM" JOB XLI, 32
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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