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Robert M. Brooks

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Robert's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 70171
  • Rank: Gunner
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 87th Brigade, 'B' Battery
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 03.11.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.T.20.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 15 Balfour Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Isabella C. Brooks, 172 Hawkhill, Dundee

  • Father:

    James Brooks

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More about Robert M. Brooks

Robert M. Brooks   70171   Royal Field Artillery

BROOKS―Killed in action, on 3d November, Gunner Robert M. Brooks, R.F.A., youngest beloved son of the late James Brooks and Mrs Brooks, 172 Hawkhill, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 20th November 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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