🌺 “He Died Just Two Days Before the War Ended” — the story of Private George Dennis Brotherton 🌺 George Dennis Brotherton was born in Hull in 1880, the elder son of William and Christina Brotherton. At some point in his early life, the family moved north to Morpeth, where George would grow to adulthood and where his name would later be spoken with solemn pride. When war came in 1914, he joined the Northumberland Fusiliers and went away to serve — leaving behind family, familiar streets, and a