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GEORGE CHARLES GORDON BRACKLEY

Died : 13 Sep 1918
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Service no at death: J/54151
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Surname: BRACKLEY
Forename: GEORGE CHARLES GORDON
Initials: G C G
Date of Birth 04 Jun 1900
Place of BirthActon, Middlesex
Place of Birth Source
Address Kent Hill, Harbridge, Ringwood
Schools attended
Employment / trade
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)Only son of Charles and Emily BRACKLEY of Kent Hill, Harbridge, Hampshire. Charles Brackley (father) was the Verger of All Saints, Church, St. Leonard’s and St. Ives, near Ringwood.
Spouse Name
NotesGeorge Brackley is one of 21 members of the armed forces included in David and Dorothy Clarke’s book ‘A Vision of Faith’ (for St. Leonard’s and St. Ives) and in a copy of the Christchurch Parish Magazine at the time. Christchurch being the Ecclesiastical Parish for St Leonard’s and St. Ives until the 1920’s.
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Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
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Area reported to
Source
Naval vessels served H.M.S. Africa18
Decorations and awards
Other service detailsTelegraphist with (RN) on HMS “Africa,
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts
Age at death18
Date of death 13 Sep 1918
Regiment at deathRoyal Navy
Battalion at death
Rank at death
Circumstances of deathDied of illness (influenza.)
Service no at deathJ/54151
Field of action at death
Place of deathSierra Leone
Location of graveFreetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone 1. D. 11)
Position
Other memorialsRingwood Memorial.
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