Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917 – Close Ancestry

Arthur Brooks Close, 1884–1917 (aged 32 years)

Baptism Register

1901 Census (page 1)

1901 Census (page 2)

WW1 Medal Rolls Index Card

1914 / 1915 Star

Probate Calendar

Name

Arthur Brooks Close

Name: Arthur Brooks /Close/

Sex Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	22 October 1884 Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Birth Index
Baptism	29 November 1884 (aged 1 month) Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Source: Arthur Brooks Close (1884) 1884 Baptism Register, Name Of Person: Arthur Brooks Close, Registration District: Eccles, Lancashire Baptism Register
Note	14 February 1889 England Note: In 1889 his father changed his surname by Royal Licence to assume the additional surname of Brooks.
Census 1891	1891 Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1891 Census, Census Type: 1891 English Census, Census Place: Birtles, Cheshire Note: Living with parents and family at Over Alderley, Cheshire. Living with parents and family at Over Alderley, Cheshire. NOTE: His father changed his surname to Close-Brooks in 1889, so this is how all the family are recorded. 1891 Census
Census 1901	1901 Winchester, Hampshire, England Source: Arthur Brooks Close (1884) 1901 Census, Census Type: 1901 English Census, Census Place: Winchester, Hampshire Note: Boarder at school in Winchester, Hampshire. 1901 Census (page 1) 1901 Census (page 2)
Death of a mother	Emily D Brooks 25 November 1905 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Name: Emily Close-brooks Estimated birth year: abt 1853 Registration Year: 1905 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 52 Registration district: Macclesfield Inferred County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 108
Marriage of a parent	John Brooks Close — Grace Emma Matilda Cooke — View this family 7 February 1907 Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1907 Marriage Register, Name Of Person: John Brooks Close, Second Person: Grace Emma Mitilda Cooke, Registration District: Kensington, London, Document: Marriage Register Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1911 Census, Census Type: 1911 English Census, Census Place: Over Alderley, Cheshire Marriage Index Marriage Index Marriage Register
Census 1911	1911 Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Source: Annie Isabel Close (1875) 1911 Census, Census Type: 1911 English Census, Census Place: Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire Note: Living with sister Annie and family at Tonge, Lancashire. Master Cotton Spinner. Living with sister Annie and family at Tonge, Lancashire. Master Cotton Spinner. Future wife, Frances Mary Brown, is also present as a Domestic Servant.
Military Service	about 1914 Source: Military Award: Military Cross Source: Military Award: 1914/15 Star Note: UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 Name: Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks Military Year: 1914 Regiment: 3rd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment Rank: 2nd Lieutenant On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and subsequently obtained a commission in the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. He was awarded the M.C. in June 1915 for attempting to rescue a wounded man, and was also mentioned in Despatches. Military Cross WW1 Medal Rolls Index Card 1914 / 1915 Star
Photograph	about 1914 Note: Photograph of Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks, taken around 1914. Photograph
Death of a father	John Brooks Close 20 March 1914 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1914 Probate, Location: Cheshire, Court: London Death Index
Death of a brother	John Charles Close 30 October 1914 Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium Source: John Charles Close (1876) 1916 Probate, Location: Manchester, Court: London Note: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: John Charles Close-Brooks Death Date: 30 Oct 1914 Rank: Lieutenant Regiment: Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line Battalion: 1st Life Guards Type of Casualty: Killed in action Soldiers Effects
Death	10 January 1917 (aged 32 years) Mesopotamia, Iraq Note: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: Arthur Brooks Close-brooks Death Date: 10 Jan 1917 Rank: Captain Regiment: Manchester Regiment Battalion: 3rd Battalion Decoration: MC Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Obituary	after 10 January 1917 Note: Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC of the Manchester Regiment loses his life in Mesopotamia at age 32. His brother was killed in October 1914. Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC of the Manchester Regiment loses his life in Mesopotamia at age 32. His brother was killed in October 1914. He was the son of John Brooks Close-Brooks and Emily Close-Brooks of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire and Emily (the Register says Anne Close-Brooks, daughter of Sam Brooks, also a banker, of Manchester). His father and two uncles were the Close brothers who were famous for their rowing at Cambridge. Before coming to Winchester he was with the Reverend C.L. Cameron at Mortimer. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1903 and rowed for two years in the University VIII as his father had before him. He took his degree with Honours in Jurisprudence and afterwards went into business in Bolton. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and subsequently obtained a commission in the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. He was awarded the M.C. in June 1915 for attempting to rescue a wounded man, and was also mentioned in Despatches. He was posted to Mesopotamia and died of wounds sustained in the attack near the Shatt-el-Hai Canal on January 10th 1917; he left a widow, Frances, the daughter of Andrew Brown, and two children. The family lived at Glemham Grove, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
Burial	after 10 January 1917 (0 days after death) Amara War Cemetery, Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56324430
Probate	24 May 1917 (4 months after death) London, Middlesex, England Source: Arthur Brooks Close (1884) 1917 Probate, Location: Suffolk, Court: London Probate Calendar
Title	Captain

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Baptism: 14 September 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: John Brooks. Close [post Close-Brooks] College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1868 Died: 20 Mar 1914 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Jan. 13, 1868. S, of James, of Antibes, France. [B. June 9, 1850, at Naples, Italy.] Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1877. Rowing æblue,Æ 1871, 1872. Entered the banking firm of Cunliffes, Brooks and Co., Manchester; partner, 1888. Of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire. J.P. High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1911. A Director of the Lancs. and Yorks. Railway. Assumed the additional surname of Brooks, Feb. 14, 1889. Died Mar. 20, 1914, at Birtles Hall. Brother of the above, etc. and father of the next. (Fox-Davies.) — about 1868 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Census 1871: 1871 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Marriage: 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Marriage: 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Note: Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Probate: 4 June 1914 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily D Brooks Annie Isabel Close John Charles Close Emily Catherine Close Margaret Beatrice Close Arthur Brooks Close Family with spouse Grace Emma Matilda Cooke Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks John Brooks Close 1850–1914 Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
mother	Links Birth: about 1853 — Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England Baptism: 27 November 1853 — Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England Marriage: 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Death: 25 November 1905 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Brooks Close Annie Isabel Close John Charles Close Emily Catherine Close Margaret Beatrice Close Arthur Brooks Close Emily D Brooks 1853–1905 Birth: about 1853 — Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire, England Death: 25 November 1905 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England
17 months elder sister	Links Birth: about 1875 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 14 July 1875 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Death: 30 December 1918 — Bolton, Lancashire, England Burial: 2 January 1919 — Turton, Bolton, Lancashire, England Probate: 24 April 1919 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Percy Ashworth Annie Isabel Close 1875–1918 Birth: about 1875 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 30 December 1918 — Bolton, Lancashire, England
18 months elder brother	Links Birth: 18 June 1876 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 6 September 1876 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: John Charles. Close or Close-Brooks College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1895 Born: 18 Jun 1876 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 29, 1895. S. of John (above), of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire. B. June 18, 1876, at Eccles, Lancs. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1895. Served in the South African War (Imperial Yeomanry (22nd Cheshire Company)), afterwards in the 6th Dragoon Guards until 1904. Served in the Great War (Lieut., Life Guards). Killed in action, Oct. 30, 1914, at Zundvoorde. (Univ. War List.) — about 1895 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Military Service: from 1899 to 1904 Census 1911: 1911 — Prestbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Military Service: about 1914 Photograph: about 1914 Death: 30 October 1914 — Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium Probate: 29 November 1916 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Marie Agnes Beresford Lovett John Charles Close 1876–1914 Birth: 18 June 1876 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 30 October 1914 — Zandvoorde, Ostend, Belgium
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: 16 October 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 14 December 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England Census 19111: 1939 — Watford, Hertfordshire, England Note: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arthur George Tillard Emily Catherine Close 1878– Birth: 16 October 1878 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: 14 July 1881 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 3 September 1881 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England Census 19111: 1939 — Watford, Hertfordshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Venning Margaret Beatrice Close 1881– Birth: 14 July 1881 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England
3 years himself	Links Birth: 22 October 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 29 November 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Military Service: about 1914 Photograph: about 1914 Death: 10 January 1917 — Mesopotamia, Iraq Obituary: after 10 January 1917 Burial: after 10 January 1917 — Amara War Cemetery, Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq Probate: 24 May 1917 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Mary Brown Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917 Birth: 22 October 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 10 January 1917 — Mesopotamia, Iraq

Father’s family with Grace Emma Matilda Cooke
father	Links Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Baptism: 14 September 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: John Brooks. Close [post Close-Brooks] College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1868 Died: 20 Mar 1914 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Jan. 13, 1868. S, of James, of Antibes, France. [B. June 9, 1850, at Naples, Italy.] Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1877. Rowing æblue,Æ 1871, 1872. Entered the banking firm of Cunliffes, Brooks and Co., Manchester; partner, 1888. Of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire. J.P. High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1911. A Director of the Lancs. and Yorks. Railway. Assumed the additional surname of Brooks, Feb. 14, 1889. Died Mar. 20, 1914, at Birtles Hall. Brother of the above, etc. and father of the next. (Fox-Davies.) — about 1868 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Census 1871: 1871 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England Marriage: 25 July 1874 — Baguely, Wythenshawe, Lancashire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Marriage: 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Note: Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Probate: 4 June 1914 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Emily D Brooks Annie Isabel Close John Charles Close Emily Catherine Close Margaret Beatrice Close Arthur Brooks Close Family with spouse Grace Emma Matilda Cooke Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks John Brooks Close 1850–1914 Birth: 9 June 1850 — Naples, Campania, Italy Death: 20 March 1914 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
stepmother	Links Birth: about 1882 — Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland Marriage: 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England Census 1911: 1911 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Monckton Tunnard Family with spouse John Brooks Close Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks Grace Emma Matilda Cooke 1882– Birth: about 1882 — Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Marriage	Marriage — 7 February 1907 — Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
5 years half-sister	Links Note: 14 February 1889 — England Birth: about 1911 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Robert Westley Hall-Dare Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks 1911– Birth: about 1911 — Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

Family with Frances Mary Brown
himself	Links Birth: 22 October 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Baptism: 29 November 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Note: 14 February 1889 — England Census 1891: 1891 — Birtles Hall, Over Alderley, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Census 1901: 1901 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Census 1911: 1911 — Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Military Service: about 1914 Photograph: about 1914 Death: 10 January 1917 — Mesopotamia, Iraq Obituary: after 10 January 1917 Burial: after 10 January 1917 — Amara War Cemetery, Al Amarah, Maysan, Iraq Probate: 24 May 1917 — London, Middlesex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Mary Brown Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917 Birth: 22 October 1884 — Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, England Death: 10 January 1917 — Mesopotamia, Iraq
wife	Links Birth: 25 June 1890 — Tintern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales Census 1911: 1911 — Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire, England Census 19111: 1939 — Blythburgh, Southwold, Suffolk, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arthur Brooks Close Frances Mary Brown 1890– Birth: 25 June 1890 — Tintern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
daughter	Emily Lois Close-Brooks –
son	Arthur Geoffrey Close-Brooks –

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Birth
Baptism	Source: Arthur Brooks Close (1884) 1884 Baptism Register, Name Of Person: Arthur Brooks Close, Registration District: Eccles, Lancashire
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Census 1891	Source: John Brooks Close (1850) 1891 Census, Census Type: 1891 English Census, Census Place: Birtles, Cheshire
Census 1901	Source: Arthur Brooks Close (1884) 1901 Census, Census Type: 1901 English Census, Census Place: Winchester, Hampshire
Census 1911	Source: Annie Isabel Close (1875) 1911 Census, Census Type: 1911 English Census, Census Place: Tonge, Bolton, Lancashire
Military Service	Source: Military Award: Military Cross Source: Military Award: 1914/15 Star
Probate	Source: Arthur Brooks Close (1884) 1917 Probate, Location: Suffolk, Court: London

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Note	In 1889 his father changed his surname by Royal Licence to assume the additional surname of Brooks.
Census 1891	Living with parents and family at Over Alderley, Cheshire. NOTE: His father changed his surname to Close-Brooks in 1889, so this is how all the family are recorded.
Census 1901	Boarder at school in Winchester, Hampshire.
Census 1911	Living with sister Annie and family at Tonge, Lancashire. Master Cotton Spinner. Future wife, Frances Mary Brown, is also present as a Domestic Servant.
Military Service	UK, British Army Lists, 1882-1962 Name: Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks Military Year: 1914 Regiment: 3rd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment Rank: 2nd Lieutenant On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and subsequently obtained a commission in the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. He was awarded the M.C. in June 1915 for attempting to rescue a wounded man, and was also mentioned in Despatches.
Photograph	Photograph of Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks, taken around 1914.
Death	UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: Arthur Brooks Close-brooks Death Date: 10 Jan 1917 Rank: Captain Regiment: Manchester Regiment Battalion: 3rd Battalion Decoration: MC Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Obituary	Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC of the Manchester Regiment loses his life in Mesopotamia at age 32. His brother was killed in October 1914. He was the son of John Brooks Close-Brooks and Emily Close-Brooks of Birtles Hall, Chelford, Cheshire and Emily (the Register says Anne Close-Brooks, daughter of Sam Brooks, also a banker, of Manchester). His father and two uncles were the Close brothers who were famous for their rowing at Cambridge. Before coming to Winchester he was with the Reverend C.L. Cameron at Mortimer. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1903 and rowed for two years in the University VIII as his father had before him. He took his degree with Honours in Jurisprudence and afterwards went into business in Bolton. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and subsequently obtained a commission in the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. He was awarded the M.C. in June 1915 for attempting to rescue a wounded man, and was also mentioned in Despatches. He was posted to Mesopotamia and died of wounds sustained in the attack near the Shatt-el-Hai Canal on January 10th 1917; he left a widow, Frances, the daughter of Andrew Brown, and two children. The family lived at Glemham Grove, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
Burial	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56324430

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Birth	Birth Index
Baptism	Baptism Register
Census 1891	1891 Census
Census 1901	1901 Census (page 1) 1901 Census (page 2)
Census 1911
Military Service	Military Cross WW1 Medal Rolls Index Card 1914 / 1915 Star
Photograph	Photograph
Probate	Probate Calendar
Media object	Military Cross
Media object	1891 Census
Media object	Birth Index Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Arthur Brooks Close Registration Year: 1884 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Salford Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8d Page: 27
Media object	Baptism Register
Media object	1901 Census (page 1)
Media object	1901 Census (page 2)
Media object	WW1 Medal Rolls Index Card
Media object	1914 / 1915 Star
Media object	Photograph
Media object	Probate Calendar

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16 September 2019

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Family with parents
father Parents James Close Anne Brooks	John Brooks Close 1850–1914
mother Parents John Brooks Ann Jones	Emily D Brooks 1853–1905
elder sister Family Percy Ashworth Mary Isabel Ashworth John Percy Ashworth Emily Rosemary Annie Ashworth	Annie Isabel Close 1875–1918
elder brother Family Marie Agnes Beresford Lovett Roger Close-Brooks Neville Beresford Close-Brooks Elizabeth Emily Prudence Close-Brooks	John Charles Close 1876–1914
elder sister Family Arthur George Tillard Katherine Lilian Tillard Arthur James Tillard Hilda Joyce Tillard Hermione Emily Margaret Tillard David George Tillard	Emily Catherine Close 1878–
elder sister Family John Venning Michael Venning Virginia Margaret Venning Ursula Marjoriet Venning	Margaret Beatrice Close 1881–
himself	Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917

Father’s family with Grace Emma Matilda Cooke
father Parents James Close Anne Brooks	John Brooks Close 1850–1914
stepmother	Grace Emma Matilda Cooke 1882–
half-sister Family Robert Westley Hall-Dare Clody E Hall-Dare	Elizabeth M P Close-Brooks 1911–

Family with Frances Mary Brown
himself	Arthur Brooks Close 1884–1917
wife	Frances Mary Brown 1890–
daughter	Emily Lois Close-Brooks
son	Arthur Geoffrey Close-Brooks

Descendants

Arthur Brooks Close(1884–1917)
- Frances Mary Brown