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Private WILLIAM CHARLES BROOKS

Service Number: 49218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

Sp. Mem. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Charles and Emma Brooks, of "Waverley," 32, Stanley Rd., Carshalton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE HOME WITH JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 803
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