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4123596 Corporal Dennis Brookes

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Born: 25 Sep 1915
Died: 27 Mar 1979
Age at death: 63 years, 6 months, and 2 days

Company: B
Platoon: 6

Prisoner of War
  • Stalag 12A — Limburg, Hessen-Nassau, 27 Sep 1944 – 07 Oct 1944
  • Stalag 2A — Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg, 12 Oct 1944 – 29 Apr 1945

Released: 25 Jun 1945



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Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton; Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom this website would not have been possible.