Date Killed:	11th July 1917
Company:	MMP
Cemetery:	BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY IRAQ
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Surname:	Brookes
Initials:	W.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	P/11930
Notes:	MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 16/9/1915. Shown as (2b) Gallipoli, 16/9/15 to 14/2/16 and (4) Mesopotamia, 15/2/16 to 11/7/17 on medal roll page B554. From medal index card: returned (1743. Kr) 8202/Adj. Formerly Gnr. Royal Field Artillery. No. 36059. 4/4/1917 transferred from A/66 Brigade, RFA to MMP for duty in Mesopotamia. He was born and resided in Ecclesfield and enlisted in Sheffield. 11/7/1917 Died. Casualty List PG.10714. Military Police Aldershot. 36059, Brooks, Pte. W. MMP, (formerly RFA attached 66 Brigade.) previously reported dangerously ill not Died of Effects of Heat, 11/7/17. William Brookes.