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Guardsman GEORGE EDWARD BROCKBANK

Service Number: 2720432
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

IV. A. 12.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Brockbank, of Salford, Lancashire; husband of Hilda Brockbank, of Salford.
  • Personal Inscription FOR ENGLAND HE LOVED SO WELL HE BRAVELY FOUGHT AND FELL I WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY COULD NOT SAY FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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