R Brooker

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Reference WMO/63038

Address:

St Mary's Church

High Street

Leigh

TN11 8QR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: In the new graveyard to the west of the path. Reginald Lewis BROOKERPrivate 253249, “B” Coy, 3rd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Enlisted Tonbridge. Killed in Action 8th October 1916 aged 20. Buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery. Born in Leigh, Kent. Baptised on the 30th August 1896 at St Mary’s Leigh. Resided in Leigh, son of George and Mary Ann Booker of Forge Square, Leigh. THE COURIER SEPTEMBER 27 1918 Mr and Mrs G. Brooker, of Forge Square, Leigh, have just received news that their son, Private Reginald Lewis Brooker, who was posted as missing on the 8th October 1916, died on that day or since. He joined the Royal West Kent Regiment in January 1916, and after six months training, during which time he became both a good shot and bomber, he was transferred to the London Regiment, and left England for France on the 31st August 1916. Mr and Mrs Brooker have two other sons serving. Remembered on parents gravestone. IN LOVING MEMORY OF GEORGE BROOKER DIED DEC, 9TH 1927, AGED 70 HIS END WAS PEACE ALSO OF MARY ANN BROKER DIED NOV.17TH 1938, AGED 79 PEACE AT LAST ALSO OF R. BROOKER 6TH SON OF THE ABOVE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1918
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