Urmston WW1 - Surnames starting with the letter B. 

George Stanley Brookes

Rank:PrivateNumber:1617
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:07th Bn [1]
Name of Rgt or Ship:Manchester Rgt
Died:04/06/1915Age:21
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:Gallipoli
Cemetery or Memorial:Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born on the 3rd October 1893, the birth being registered during the
December quarter 1893 in the Barton upon Irwell R.D. - ref: 8c/680, the son
of Nathaniel & Mary Adelaide Brookes (nee Bailey).

1901 Census - 114 Cromwell Road, Patricroft.   Son - aged: 7 - born:
Patricroft.   Head of household - Nathaniel Brookes - Married - aged: 43 -
occ: Builder Brickwork - born: Barton upon Irwell.   Also Mary A. Brookes -
Wife - aged: 43 - born: Birkenhead, Cheshire.   Plus 6 siblings.

His mother - Mary Adelaide Brookes died in 1910, aged: 51.

1911 Census - 13 Cromwell Road, Patricroft.   Son (listed as Stanley
Brookes) - aged: 17 - occ: Accounts Clerk - born: Patricroft.   Head of
household - Nathaniel Brookes - Widower - aged: 53 - occ: Bricklayer
Contractor - born: Patricroft.   Plus 6 siblings.

Commemorated on the private family gravestone in St. Catherine's,
Dumplington.   Ref: 3c20 & 345.

His father, Nathaniel died 29/03/1932 aged 74 years and his mother, Mary
Adelaide died 19/03/1910 aged 51 years.

CWGC - Son of Nathaniel and Mary Brookes, of "Ellerslie," Cromwell Rd.,
Patricroft, Manchester.

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