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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Birth:
January 4, 1886
Bolton, England
Enlistment:
August 31, 1914
Montreal
Death:
October 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of Reuben Brotherton, of Bolton, England. Brother of Edith Brotherton and Annie Lever.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, London Gazette # 29713 dated 19 August 1916. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 319 of 1128 -
Inscription
Menin Gate Memorial -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Captain Tom Brotherton
Digital gallery of
Captain Tom Brotherton
Digital gallery of
Captain Tom Brotherton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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