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Private JOSEPH WILLIAM BROOKES

Service Number: 27670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. G. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Selina Mary Brookes. Native of Barrow-in-Furness.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED AND HE ANSWERED REMEMBERED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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