{"id":5250,"date":"2023-11-28T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=5250"},"modified":"2023-11-28T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T22:11:12","slug":"brooke-h-j-sergt-19th-royal-fusiliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2023\/11\/28\/brooke-h-j-sergt-19th-royal-fusiliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooke H J Sergt PS\/127 19th Royal Fusiliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5251\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brooke-H-J-Sergt-19th-Royal-Fusiliers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5251\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5251\" src=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brooke-H-J-Sergt-19th-Royal-Fusiliers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brooke-H-J-Sergt-19th-Royal-Fusiliers.jpg 543w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Brooke-H-J-Sergt-19th-Royal-Fusiliers-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooke H J Sergt 19th Royal Fusiliers. Taken on 24th Feb 1915. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brooke Herbert Julian Sergt PS\/127 19th Royal Fusiliers<\/p>\n<p>Born 1889 St Leonards On Sea. Son of Herbert Richards &amp; Gertrude Alice Brooke<\/p>\n<p>To France With 19th Royal Fusiliers 14th Nov 1915<\/p>\n<p>Comm King&#8217;s African Rifles 22nd Jun 1916<\/p>\n<p>Awarded Military Cross. London Gazette dated 18th February, 1918, the following are the statement of service for which the decoration was conferred:-For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He crawled out to a dangerously wounded N.C.O. Under heavy fire, and carried him on his back to a position under cover where stretcher bearers could reach him when they arrived. He showed splendid courage and devotion to duty.<\/p>\n<p>Wounded Gun Shot Wound Right Leg. Leg amputated at Right Thigh.<\/p>\n<p>Address in 1920 Crediton, Plumtree, S. Rhodesia.<\/p>\n<p>Died 24th Sep 1961 Western Australia. Age 72.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooke Herbert Julian Sergt PS\/127 19th Royal Fusiliers Born 1889 St Leonards On Sea. Son of Herbert Richards &amp; Gertrude Alice Brooke To France With 19th Royal Fusiliers 14th Nov 1915 Comm King&#8217;s African Rifles 22nd Jun 1916 Awarded Military Cross. London Gazette dated 18th February, 1918, the following are the statement of service for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-royal-fusiliers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5256,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250\/revisions\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}