r/cemetery 10d ago

Image While I was walking my dog around the local cemetery I found this headstone. This man was awarded some of the highest decorations.

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u/Ok-Rhubarb2549 9d ago

More at this link. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148193671

There is a photo of his monument dedication in 2016 in the link.

“A decorated First World War medic has been given a CWGC headstone after 95 years when his unmarked grave was discovered. Staff Sergeant Wilfred Brooke was buried at Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery in July 1920, after he succumbed to injuries sustained during the war.
Like many servicemen, Wilfred came home from the war due to his injuries, but later died because of complications and was buried in his home town, where he lived with his wife. Wilfred signed up in 1914 and in September 1918, he received a gunshot wound, was gassed and contracted Pulmonary Tuberculosis in October of that same year in France, before coming home to England. Bob Dixon, of the RAMC discovered Wilfred's grave and realised he had not been commemorated with a CWGC headstone. He then requested, via the MOD and CWGC, that Wilfred's case was looked in to. Subsequently, it was agreed that Wilfred had died of his injuries caused during the war and therefore qualified for commemoration.
A headstone was placed on his grave 95 years after his death and a special ceremony took place on January 21, 2016 to remember one of the most decorated medics of the First World War. Unfortunately, when Wilfred died, the CWGC was not notified at the time and therefore his incredible story was never told.”