Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

George Townshend Brooke

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George Townsend Brooke (1878-1915)


1916 Obituary [1]

GEORGE TOWNSHEND BROOKE, born at Haughton Hall, Shifnal, on the 9th May, 1878, was killed in action in France on the 6th May, 1915.

On leaving Coopers Hill in 1899, he joined the Irrigation Service of the Egyptian Public Works Department. He was employed on the Zifta barrage and other works, and in 1912 was promoted Inspector of the Third Circle at Alexandria.

Returning home on sick leave in 1913, he was in England on the outbreak of war.

Mr. Brooke was elected an Associate Member on the 3rd December, 1907.


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