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Family of Charles Attfield Brooks and Rhoda Radcliffe
| Husband: | Charles Attfield Brooks (1905-1988) | |
| Wife: | Rhoda Radcliffe (1907-1993) | |
| Marriage | Jun 1932 | Dedham, Essex |
Husband: Charles Attfield Brooks
| Name: | Charles Attfield Brooks | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Charles Norman Brooks (1856-1925) | |
| Mother: | Gertrude Attfield (1867-1937) | |
| Note (shared): | Lt. Col. Charles Attfield Brooks was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the
5th Battalion the Essex Regiment (T.A.) and on its formation in 1939 was
appointed second-in-command, and served in Africa and the Middle East.
He joined the family business of Brooks of Mistley in the 1920s after taking a degree in agriculture at Cambridge University. He was appointed a director in 1928, and retired (as Chairman) in 1971. He held many official posts in Essex, and was also an authority on John Constable. [Thanks to Phil Whitehead for the above information] Charles Attfield Brooks was co-Author of "Constable and his country", by Alastair Smart and Attfield Brooks, Elek, London, 1976. | |
| Birth | 8 Apr 1905 | Dovercourt, Essex |
| Baptism | 16 May 1905 (age 0) | St Mary's, Mistley, Essex (by Rev. Canon Charles Frederick Norman) |
| Title | Lieut.-Col. | |
| Birth fact | 1905 (age 0) | 1905 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/784 |
| Occupation (1) | 11 Dec 1926 (age 21) | -; Commission as 2nd Lieut, 5th Bn, Essex Regiment (L.Gaz, 10.12.1926) |
| Residence | 1957 (age 51-52) | The Lecture House, Dedham, Essex |
| Death fact | Jan 1988 (age 82) | Jan 1988, Colchester, 9/2344 (aged 82) |
| Occupation (2) | 1988 (age 82-83) | -; Retired company director, 6 Frog Meadow, Dedham, Colchester, Essex (L.Gazette 22.2.1988) |
| Death | 13 Jan 1988 (age 82) | Dedham, Essex |
Wife: Rhoda Radcliffe
| Name: | Rhoda Radcliffe | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Frank Radcliffe (1867?- ) | |
| Mother: | Edith Barlow (1869?- ) | |
| Birth | 16 Jan 1907 | Oldham, Lancashire |
| Birth fact | 1907 (age 0) | 1907 Mar Qtr, Oldham, 8d/646 |
| Death fact | Jan 1993 (age 85-86) | Milton Keynes, C10B/151 (aged 85) |
| Death | Jan 1993 (age 85-86) | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire |