BROOKES, James Alfred
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
EX/ 3707
Born:
Tuesday, August 26, 1919
Birthplace:
Hull, Yorkshire
Died :
Saturday, June 3, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
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. Son of Mrs. M. Brookes of Hull.
James Alfred Brookes was educated at Courtney Street School in Hull, after which he was employed locally before enlisting into the Royal Marines in 1939 on the outbreak of war. Those buried with him are Marines Hopper, Pickering and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Cooper, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.
Sources
CWGC main entry.
CWGC Grave Registration Report.
CWGC main entry.
CWGC Grave Registration Report.
Email response from CWGC verifying location of initial burial.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/128.
Report on him being missing in the Daily Mail, 27 July 1944.
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