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Marine James Alfred Brookes

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Marine James Alfred Brookes

Birth
England
Death
3 Jun 1944 (aged 24)
Burial
Belgrade, Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia Add to Map
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10. C. 1-8.
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Marine James Brookes died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery.
Those buried with him are Marines Hopper, Pickering and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Cooper, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.

Aged 24 years
Royal Marines
No. 43 R.M. Commando.
Service Number - EX/3707
Country of Service - United Kingdom Royal Navy
Born: Tuesday, August 26, 1919
Birthplace: Hull, Yorkshire
Died : Saturday, June 3, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds

Son of Mrs. M. Brookes of Hull.
Marine James Brookes died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery.
Those buried with him are Marines Hopper, Pickering and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Cooper, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.

Aged 24 years
Royal Marines
No. 43 R.M. Commando.
Service Number - EX/3707
Country of Service - United Kingdom Royal Navy
Born: Tuesday, August 26, 1919
Birthplace: Hull, Yorkshire
Died : Saturday, June 3, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds

Son of Mrs. M. Brookes of Hull.

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EX/3707 MARINE
J. A. BROOKES
ROYAL MARINES
NO. 43 R. M. COMMANDO
3RD JUNE 1944 AGE 24

THO' SEAS DIVIDE US,
YOU ARE ALWAYS NEAR.
THE MEMORY OF YOU
WE TREASURE DEAR

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