Terry Denham Posted 12 December , 2014 Share Posted 12 December , 2014 CWGC added the following casualties to its database today. BROOKE, Wilfred DCM & Bar MM Staff Serjeant 339298 Royal Army Medical Corps Died 26.07.20 Age 39 Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance DIXEY, Cecil Arthur Sapper 23906 Royal Engineers Died 25.01.1919 Age 24 Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance MOODY, Thomas Private 24751 Durham Light Infantry Died 28.09.18 Age 20 Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance NICHOLSON, John Henry Captain Army Ordnance Department Died 06.11.15 Age 51 Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance STEVENS, Bernard Robert Private G/15523 4 Bn, Royal Fusiliers Died 26.09.18 Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance NOT FORGOTTEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 15 December , 2014 Share Posted 15 December , 2014 May They Rest In Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 2 February , 2015 Share Posted 2 February , 2015 STEVENS, BERNARD ROBERT Rank:PrivateService No:G/15523Date of Death:26/09/1917Regiment/Service:Royal Fusiliers 4th Bn. Panel Reference:Addenda PanelMemorial:TYNE COT MEMORIALAdditional Information: N.B. This casualty has recently been accepted for commemoration by the Commission. However, it will not be possible to add his name to this Memorial immediately. Please contact the Commission before planning a visit, for more information. Commemoration Moved From UK BOR BROOKE, Wilfred DCM & Bar MM Staff Serjeant 339298 Royal Army Medical Corps Died 26.07.20 Age 39 Commemorated: United Kingdom Book of Remembrance Grave Found at Wallasey Rake Lane Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 5 March , 2015 Share Posted 5 March , 2015 DIXEY, CECIL ARTHUR Rank:SapperService No:23906Date of Death:25/01/1919Age:24Regiment/Service:Royal Engineers G Depot Coy. Panel Reference: Memorial:UNITED KINGDOM BOOK OF REMEMBRANCEAdditional Information:Son of George H. and Ann Dixey of Southampton. Grave found Southampton Old Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 18 May , 2015 Share Posted 18 May , 2015 DIXEY, CECIL ARTHUR Rank:SapperService No:23906Date of Death:25/01/1919Age:24Regiment/Service:Royal Engineers G Depot Coy. Grave Reference:F40. Grave86Cemetery:SOUTHAMPTON OLD CEMETERYAdditional Information:Son of George H. and Ann Dixey of Southampton. N.B. Recent research has shown that Sapper Dixey is buried in this cemetery. Commemoration Moved From UK BOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 17 June , 2015 Share Posted 17 June , 2015 BROOKE, WILFRED Rank:Staff SerjeantService No:339298Date of Death:26/07/1920Age:39Regiment/Service:Royal Army Medical CorpsAwards:D C M and Bar, M M, Mentioned in DespatchesGrave Reference:Section 15. Plot 11G. Grave 154Cemetery:WALLASEY (RAKE LANE) CEMETERYAdditional Information:Husband of B. Brooke of Wallasey. N.B. Recent research has shown that Staff Serjeant Brooke is buried here. The Commission is in the process of producing a headstone to mark his grave. Commemoration Moved From UK BOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted 3 July , 2015 Share Posted 3 July , 2015 I put the case for Wilfred Brooke forward to the CWGC in September 2013 and its nice to see he will get a headstone. One more hurdle with the local registrar and it should be all go. It appears, after checking the records at the AMS museum, that Wilfred Brooke was the most decorated soldier of the RAMC during the Great War and I will be arranging an official unveiling when I get notification it's being placed. I'm trying to find surviving family and even contacted people using ancestry family trees but have drawn a blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 20 January , 2016 Share Posted 20 January , 2016 Article regarding Wilfred Brooke (and bobster) in the Liverpool Echo - http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/forgotten-war-hero-wilfred-brooke-10763861 D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1919. ‘339298 S./Sjt., M.M., 63rd (W. Lancs.) Fd. Amb., R.A.M.C., T.F. (Liverpool)’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the retreats in March, April and May and during the recent fighting on the Somme. As N.C.O. in charge of bearers he has in every action shown the most tireless devotion to duty and marked gallantry. He has constantly led his bearer squads through machine gun and artillery fire, and his disregard of danger has been an example to all the unit’. Bar to D.C.M. London Gazette 10 January 1920. ‘339298 S./Sjt., D.C.M., M.M., 63rd (W. Lancs.) Fd. Amb., R.A.M.C., T.F. (Liverpool)’ ‘For great gallantry in front of Gouzeaucourt on 27th September, 1918. Alone he reconnoitred and then led up bearer squads and got the wounded away. Again on 29th September, though knocked down and wounded by a shell, he carried a man in spite of shelling and machine gun fire to a place of safety, after which he collapsed’. M.M. London Gazette 26 May 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 22 January , 2016 Share Posted 22 January , 2016 http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2016/1/cwgc-headstone-for-decorated-serviceman.aspx news from CWGC with regard to Wilfred Brooke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 16 February , 2017 Share Posted 16 February , 2017 NICHOLSON, JOHN HENRY Rank: Captain Date of Death: 06/11/1915 Age: 51 Regiment/Service: Army Ordnance Department Grave Reference: Spec. Memorial. Cemetery: WINCHESTER (WEST HILL) OLD CEMETERY Additional Information: Husband of Alice Mary Nicholson. N.B. Recent research has shown that Captain Nicholson is buried here. The Commission is in the process of producing a special memorial headstone to commemorate him as it is not possible to mark his actual grave. Commemoration Moved From UK BOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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