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Military service
Service number:
477109
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
Birmingham, England
Enlistment:
August 22, 1915
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of Edwin and Emma Brooks, of Small Heath, Birmingham, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Henry Brooks
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave Marker
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British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death
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Private John Henry Brooks
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Private John Henry Brooks
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Private John Henry Brooks
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Private John Henry Brooks
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Private John Henry Brooks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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