Thank you so much for your ‘Somme Hero’ article in last week’s paper regarding Arthur Brooke, who was a distant relative of mine (my late father’s cousin).
Although we knew of Arthur’s bravery and subsequent DCM & Bar and had traced some info on him, we had never seen a photo of him and were thrilled to see what he looked like.
One of his sisters – Hilda Fraser (deceased) – used to talk about him to me but didn’t seem to have any pictures of him.
We knew about the bible found in his kit but have no idea what became of it or his medals.
It was wonderful and very moving to discover your article – so thank you once again!
Sandra Downes
Altrincham
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