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Private J Brooks


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Private James BROOKS, G/21326, 3rd/4th   Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound chest, foreign body in lung), Leeds General Infirmary, (attached to East Leeds War Hospital), 2nd March 1918, 8.45pm, age 29.

Born 3rd January 1889, Darcy, Lever, Bolton, Lancashire, son of Edward  Brooks of 3 Riverside, Darcy Lever, Bolton, Lancashire


1911 Census - 3 Riverside, Darcy Lever - Edward Brooks, head, age 61, widower, 6 children, 4 still alive, coal miner, hewer, born Darcy Lever, Lancashire; Elizabeth Brooks, daughter, age 41, single, at home, born Darcy Lever, Lancashire; Lucy Brooks, daughter, age 28, cotton weaver, born Darcy Lever, Lancashire; James Brooks, son, age 24, single, crofter, cloth dyer, born Darcy Lever, Lancashire; Nelly Brooks, daughter, age 19, single, cotton weaver, born Darcy Lever, Lancashire.


28th June 1913, St Stephen & All Martyrs, Lever Bridge, married Ellen Derbyshire, spinster, of 9, Alicia St., Darcy Lever, Bolton, Lancashire

Child - Emily Brooks, born 6th April 1915, Mount Pleasant, Lever Bridge.

Enlisted Bolton, Lancashire, age 27, height 5ft 2 inches.  Resided 9, Alicia St., Darcy Lever, Bolton, Lancashire / 418 Radcliffe, Darcy Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly dyer. bleach works.

Home, 10th December 1915 to 12th September 1917; BEF, 13th September 1917 to 16th January 1918; Home, 17th January 1918 to 2nd March 1918.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, transferred to Army Reserve; 5th February 1917, mobilized; 6th February 1917, posted 2/9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, 267136; 13th September 1917, embarked; 13th September 1917, Infantry Base Depot, posted 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 17th September 1917, transferred to 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th September 1917, joined Unit; 24th December 1917, wounded, gun shot wound, left arm; 24th December 1917, 48 Casualty Clearing Station; 31st December 1917, admitted Abbeyville Hospital; 17th January 1918,to UK; 17th January 1918,  posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

9th September 1918, pension of 20/5 a week awarded for widow & one child.

7th June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Ellen Brooks, 5, Alicia Street; Child - Emily Brooks, 5, Alicia Street; Brothers - Levi Brooks, age 48, Tydesly; Enos Brooks, age 45, 3 Riverside, Darcy Lever; Samuel Brooks. age 40, 6, Alicia Street; Harry Brooks, age 36, Green?, Darcy Lever; Sisters - Lydia? Brooks, age 50, Tonge? Moree?; Sarah Brooks, age 42, Green, Lever Darcy; Lucy Brooks, age 37, 8 Mays Street, Darcy Lever.

Buried at St Stephen & All Martyrs Churchyard, Lever Bridge, Bolton, Special Memorial. Lancashire.

1921 March Quarter, Bolton District, Ellen Brooks, married Percy Greenhalgh.


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