| Surname: | Brooks |
| Initials: | G D L |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 5827077 |
| Notes: | CMP. 10/12/37 enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP. 16 Coy. TC. He was born and resided in Suffolk. War Diary 16 Company TC, WO 171/3357: 4/8/44 Somervieu, enemy aircraft dropped a bomb on unit location after being caught in a AA barrage. 4 other ranks killed, Brooks, Fincham, McGowan, Ward, 24 wounded mostly by blast. Casualty Lists 1526/13, North West Europe, Killed in Action, 4/8/1944. 2/12/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- not shown. Inscription on gravestone: Deep in our hearts a memory is kept, of one we loved dearly. George Douglas Leslie Brooks. |
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| Date of Death: | Aug. 4, 1944 |
| Company: | 16 TC COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2955621 |
| Cemetery: | BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, FRANCE 🇫🇷 |
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