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Lance Serjeant BERNARD BROOKES

Service Number: 4545771
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

II. D. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Brookes, of Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVEN'S WINDS BLOW GENTLY HERE WHERE LIES THE ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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