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Private Caleb James BROOKS, G/23762, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 28th March 1918, age 19.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of James Charles and Emma Brooks, of "Waverley", 32, Stanley Road, Carshalton, Surrey.


1911 Census - Burnbank, London Road, High Wycombe - James Charles Brooks, head, age 38, married, insurance superintendent, born London Field, Hackney; Emma Brooks, wife, age 36, married 16 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Marden, Kent; Caleb James Brooks, son, age 13, school, born Maidstone, Kent;William Charles Brooks, son, age 11, school, born Bournemouth, Hampshire; Violet Emma Brooks, daughter, age 9, born Ramsgate, Kent; Reginald Cyril Brooks, son, age 7,  born Sevenoaks, Kent; Leslie Norman Brooks, son, age 8 months, born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.


Enlisted Epsom, Surrey.  Resided Wallington, Surrey. 

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 & 59, Somme, France.


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