BROOKS Herbert

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
  • Surname:
    BROOKS
  • Service Number:
    3867
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    18
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France, Grave III. C. 39.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry Brookes

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BROOKS Herbert Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester All Saints Church
Worcester Guildhall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Appears on Worcester Guildhall memorial as B. Brooks and Worcester All Saints Church as Bert Brooks.

Further Information About BROOKS Herbert

Enlisted and resident Worcester.

Census – only near match Gloucester

War Memorial Minutes, available at Worcester Archives – ” Recently supplied by a relative. Late Rector does not know him. Correct”

A photograph of Private B. Brookes can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 19th August 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Census and war memorial minutes researched and transcribed by Paul Hudson.