BROOKS, ARTHUR JAMES, Private, No. 150350, Machine Gun Corps, eldest s. of Arthur Brooks, of 18, Victoria Avenue, Hull, Merchant’s Accountant, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of William A. Moses, Builder; b. Hull, co. York, 20 Nov. 1889; educ. Grammar School there was a Clerk volunteered for active service, and enlisted in the R.F.A. 18 June, 1915; was transferred to the East. Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry about four months later; proceeded to Egypt with his regiment 10 Dec. 1916, and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine, where he took part in the fighting at Gaza, and in many other engagements: was sent with his regiment to France in June, 1918, which was transformed into a Machine Gun Corps, and died at No. 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 8 Nov. following, of wounds received in action near Valenciennes on 29 Oct. previously. Buried in St. Séver Cemetery Extension: unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5