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14 May 2025

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№ 152

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14 May 2025

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Private J. Brooks, Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (1140 Pte. J. Brooks. R. Mun. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90

Joseph Brooks was born in Radford, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers in Nottingham. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli from 7 August 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), before proceeding to the Western Front, and was killed in action on 10 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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