At Kriegegefangenenlazarett, Langensaiza, Germany on April 2, 1915, aged 29 years, Private William Robert Brookbanks, 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusillers (taken prisioner Sept 14, 1914), be-loved husband of Ellen Brookbanks, 12 Mount Pleseant, North Shields.
Shields Daily News 21st July 1915