| Surname: | Brookes |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 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. |
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| Date of Death: | July 11, 1917 |
| Company: | MMP |
| CWGC Link: | 632711 |
| Cemetery: | BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ 🇮🇶 |
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