Brooks H W Pte 634092 20th London Regiment
BROOKS, HAROLD WALTON, Private, No. 634092, 20th Battn. (Blackheath and Woolwich) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Henry Thomas Brooks, of 60, Baring Road, Lee, S.E., by his wife, Mary J., dau. of J. J. Berry; Berry; b. Clapham Clapham Road, S.W., 3 Oct. 1898; educ. Dudley House School, Lee, S.E.; was on the staff of Messrs. Cox’s Bank; joined the London Regt. in Jan. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following April, and was killed in action at Hill 63, 31 Aug. 1918. Buried in Raucourt Military Cemetery. Private Brooks was an enthu-siastic athlete; he captained his school cricket and football teams was an expert swimmer, and at the age of 18 won an Army boxing competition at Winchester; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5