BROOKS Leslie

  • First Name(s):
    Leslie 
  • Surname:
    BROOKS
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Unit:
    Attached Lincolnshire Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th September 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, Panel 3 and 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Aston Fields War Memorial with the additional information: (1st Lieut).

Further Information About BROOKS Leslie

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Alvechurch casualties with the information: Lieutenant, The Royal Air Force.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Weekly Messenger, October 1915:
“KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN.”
A letter from his colonel states that Lieutenant Leslie Brooks, 4th West Yorks (attached to 2nd Lincolns), whose death was recorded last week, was killed while gallantly leading his men in the charge in the great Action in France on Sept. 25th. The deceased officer was the youngest son of Mr John Boultbee Brooks, J.P., and Mrs Brooks of Finstall Park, Bromsgrove. He was born March 27th, 1892, and was educated at Uppingham and Clare College, Cambridge. Upon leaving the University he engaged in the business in Birmingham of which his father was the founder, but a few months later, when war broke out, he decided to join the army, and was granted a commission early in September, 1914. He was married 17th November, 1914, to Blanche, elder daughter of Mr Arthur J. Birley, of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire. Lieutenant Brooks obtained his promotion as Lieutenant in April of this year and went to France in May.
Reported with a photograph of Lieutenant Brooks.

Leslie Brooks has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Ploegsteert Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Anne Humphries. Cathedral Roll of Honour books researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor.