A. Brooker (Arthur Brooker) (Brooker, Arthur) Service no 30907 Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died of wounds at about age 18 on 24 April 1918 Remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census Arthur Brooker is the youngest person in his household at 36 Rutland Street, South Lambeth. His mother, Annie Brooker, 53, was a widow from Wroughton in Wiltshire. Annie had had 10 children (all survived) and she lived with 7 of them (6 sons and a daughter) in 5 rooms. The children on the census were: Joseph Brooker, 27, a locomotive fireman John Brooker, 23, a goods porter Charles Brooker, 21, a bricklayer's labourer Frederick Brooker, 19, an office boy Albert Brooker, 17, a messenger Elsie Brooker, 15 Arthur Brooker, 12 All but Annie were born in Lambeth. |
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