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Rifleman FRANCIS SIMMS BROOKBANKS

Service Number: 45145
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY

I. L. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joshua and Kate Brookbanks, of 33, Wellington Rd., Dudley. Native of Dudley.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 868
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