BROOKES Albert

  • First Name(s):
    Albert 
  • Surname:
    BROOKES
  • Service Number:
    9671
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st October 1914
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 37 and 39.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Pershore, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs. Susan Cosnett, of Top Newland, Pershore, Worcestershire

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BROOKES Albert Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore Abbey with the additional information: Oxf. and Bucks. Light Infantry

Further Information About BROOKES Albert

Top left of Newlands. 2nd Oxford & Bucks. Died 21st October 1914 (first in Pershore to be killed.)
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Albert Brookes has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

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