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Lieutenant WILLIAM LESLIE BROOKES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

209th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellen Peel (formerly Brookes), of 348 Moseley Rd., Birmingham, and the late William Brookes.
  • Personal Inscription IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF A BRAVE SON AND BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 373
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