Brooks H Bmdr 22733 Royal Field Artillery

BROOKS, HENRY, Bombardier, No. 22733, 20th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, yst. s. of William Brooks, Police Sergeant, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of the late John Wilson; b. Peckham, London, S.E.; educ. Kilburn Lane, W.; was employed with the firm. Musicus, Ltd., Player Piano Manufacturers, Salisbury Road, London, N.; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1915; subsequently proceeded to Mesopotamia, and died in hospital at Basra 17 July, 1916, from illness contracted while on active service. Buried there; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

 

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