John Brackenbury
Service Number
7139
Military Unit
5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Date of birth
18 May 1893
Date of Death
21 Nov 1916 (22 years old)
Place of Birth
Langwith Derbyshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a farm worker.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
John Brackenbury was the son of farm labourer John and Elizabeth Brackenbury. He was the brother of Ethel, Hannah Mary and Lucy Brackenbury. In 1911 they lived at Blyth Nottinghamshire.
Military History
Pte J Brackenbury Worksop Guardian 1 December 1916
Blyth has added another to its ever-growing Roll of Honour in the death of Pte J Brackenbury, son of Mr and Mrs Brackenbury of Blyth, news of which reached the village on Monday. Pte Brackenbury, who was only 22, was seriously wounded in the chest by a shell and died in hospital. Great sympathy is extended to the parents by the villagers in their bereavement,
Extra Information
Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’abbe.
Research by Colin Dannatt
Photographs
John Brackenbury
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Heilly Station cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe Somme, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle