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206022Gnr. Francis T Brooks
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Worcester
I do not have too much information on my great grandfather, all I know is that he signed up to the Royal Garrison Artillery and was a Gunner on 2nd August 1905, aged 22 years old. I know he was based at Pembroke R.G.A. I have his Military History Sheet, which included which missions he was sent on during WW1.
Before teh Great War he served in Aden, 13/01/1906 to 28/12/1906 and India, 29/12/1906 to 30/01/1907. He came back home as was struck down with malaria caught whilst touring in India. Then he went back to India, 21/01/1908 to 05/02/1914
During the great War her served in Sierra Leone, 28/05/1916 to 24/05/1917 and with the B.E.F, 20/11/1917 to 27/12/1918. In between those dates he was back at home or back on British soil.
Now I know after WW1 was over, he didn't go into WW2, rather he did for just 8 months, because he got injured when coming back from a mission at the end of WW1. By then he was married and had 3 children. He moved to Leicester and they owned a pub and a local grocery store in Leicester city centre. Then he committed suicide in 1954 owing to the decline caused by local big shops coming in and taking the trade of small businesses.
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