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Lance Corporal E W BROOKES

Service Number: 7492
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

A. 26. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Jane Brookes, of 24, Selwyn St., Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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