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Private GEORGE EDWARD BROOKE

Service Number: 23957
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VII. E. 6.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st/10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Louisa Brooke, of Stocks Hill, Seacroft, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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