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John devoted life to helping other people
Major John Brook-Smith, a lifelong Salvation Army member who helped people of different faiths in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, has died after a long illness, aged 65.Brook-Smith, his wife Joan and their twin daughters, Shona and Stephanie, now 36, left Northern Ireland to set up a ministry in Gorgie Road in 1984. By this time they had both risen to the rank of major in the organisation.
They remained in Edinburgh until their retirement from the Salvation Army and moved to St Andrews to live.
Full story at Edinburgh Evening News.
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