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John Brooke-Hunt (1918-1994)

Soldier
Service No:73368
Rank:Lieutenant
Squadron:B
Role:2 i/c B Squadron
Service:Gazetted 2/Lt, 3 Nov 1937. Joined 23H from the 15th/19th Hussars on 5 Dec 1940. Later rejoined the 15th/19th Hussars and, later still, the Special Operations Executive
Mentioned in:
War Diary
5 Dec 1940, 7 May 1942
23H Story
Page 12
Civilian
Occupation:Book Binder
Residence:Minthurst Close, Surrey (1951, 54),
Bunts End, Dorking, Surrey (1959, 62)
Birth:22 Dec 1918 registered in Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire
Death:10 Oct 1994 [The Times, 12 Oct 1994]
Burial:17 Oct 1994 at Linton Parish Church
Marriage:to Lorna MacLeod 12 Apr 1947 at St Conan's Church, Lochawe, Argyll
[The Times, 31 Dec 1946] [The Times, 7 Apr 1947]
Children:1 son, 2 daughters
Parents
Godfrey Leveson Brooke-Hunt MCOlive Margaret Ellis
Elastic Web Manufacturer.
Long Close, Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire (1921),
Grey Lodge, Groby, Leicestershire (1928),
Manor House, Beeby, Leicestershire (1931).
Birth 26 Oct 1885 in Langley, Buckinghamshire.

Lt, 11th Lancers, later
Captain And Quarter Master, Indian Army, Attached 19th Hussars.
Awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 New Year Honours.
Birth 24 Feb 1885.
Death 16 Jul 1985 at St Teresa's Hospital, Corston, Somerset (aged 100).
Burial All Saints church, Corston.
Marriage 15 Aug 1914 at St Mary-in-the-Elms church, Woodhouse, Leicestershire.
[Reading Mercury, 22 Aug 1914]