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Gordon McNeil Brooker
« on: Sunday 27 September 20 19:40 BST (UK) »
Does anyone have any information about Gordon McNeil Brooker born in 1886 in St John Barbados. He was a Sergeant in the Leinster Regiment and died in 1919. He was married to Alice Brennan in Birr, Offaly, Ireland in 1913. I would love to know who his parents were.

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Re: Gordon McNeil Brooker
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 27 September 20 19:52 BST (UK) »
Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Gordon McNeil Brooker
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 27 September 20 20:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much for your very quick reply.  I will now have to search what a Planter does!

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Re: Gordon McNeil Brooker
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 27 September 20 20:17 BST (UK) »
 According to his service record , on FindMyPast , his parents were Benjamin and Elizabeth Brooker of Three Houses Plantation , St Philip, Barbados. There was also a brother Stanley Brooker.
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Re: Gordon McNeil Brooker
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 27 September 20 20:49 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the information. Wow what a wonderful site this is!!