A.+BROCKLESBY

Brocklesby, Albert, Rifleman, C/7132, 18th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Born North Heigham, Lincolnshire. Enlisted Derby. Killed in action 15th September 1916. Aged 20 years. Son of B W and Annie M Brocklesby, of 12 Copeland Street, Derby. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, France, Pier and Face 13A and 13B.

1911 Census: Aged 14 Employed as a domestic poultry boy Son of Benjamin William, a domestic groom and gardener, and Annie Maria Brocklesby, of Culland, Brailsford, Derbyshire