- First Name(s):Sidney
- Surname:BROOKS
- Service Number:15987
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- Battalion:5th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:8th July 1916
- Age At Death:21
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Agny Military Cemetery, France, Grave D. 34.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Annie Spence (formerly Brooks), 1 Sion Gardens, High St., Stourport, and the late George Brooks
BROOKS Sidney Is Named On These Memorials
Further Information About BROOKS Sidney
Sidney Brook(e)s, Private, Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, is included in a list of those serving, Kidderminster Times 2nd January 1915.
Sidney lived all his life in Stourport and was a member of the bible class and an assistant scoutmaster. In civilian life he was employed at Messrs. T.B. Worth and Sons. He joined the army at the beginning of the war and had been in France for fifteen months at the time of his death. A member of the regimental branch of the Church of England Men’s Society: €œHe was such a good fellow in the best and highest sense€.
Source for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle, 22nd July 1916, Kidderminster Times, 22nd July 1916, Kidderminster Times, 5th August 1916, photograph with two of the reports.
Kidderminster Shuttle 22nd July 1916:
Writing to friends in Stourport, Private Cornelius Knight, Ox and bucks Light Infantry wrote: €œCame through all right, but chum Private Sid Brooks, Sion Gardens, killed by shell€.
An obituary for Sidney Brooks appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for December 1916.
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Information AboutBROOKS Sidney
Credits: Transcribed and researched by Adrian Carter.