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Name	Ernest BROOKS
Rank/Number	Lance Corporal   1478
Regiment	Rifle Brigade   2nd Battalion
Enlisted	High Wycombe
Age/Date of death	30      01 Jul 1916
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action   France & Flanders
Last known address	High Wycombe
Cemetery	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Grave or Memorial Reference	Pier & Face 16B & 16C
Location of memorial	Flackwell Heath War Memorial
Date/Place of birth	c1886      High Wycombe
Date/Place of baptism
Pre-war occupation of Casualty	regular soldier in Rifle Brigade
Parents	John (Jack) & Susan Brooks
Parent's occupation	gas stoker
Parents' Address (last known)	1901: 7 Bedford Yard, High Wycombe
Wife	Rose Brooks nee Johnson
Wife's Address (last known)	The Common, Flackwell Heath
Notes	Mentioned in Despatches. Formerly 3rd Oxford Light Infantry. Served 10 years in India. Service Papers on Ancestry

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