The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J G Brooker

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Jesse Gordon BROOKER, G/798, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd July 1915.

Born Wadhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of Henry & Frances Brooker, Monks Cottage, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, Sussex. One brother, three sisters.

1911 Census - Monks, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst - Henry Brooker, head, age 49, married, gardener, born Catsfield, Sussex; Frances Brooker, wife, age 50, married 24 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Benenden, Kent; Harry Brooker, son, age 22, single, gardener, born Battle, Sussex; Jesse Gordon Brooker, son, age 15, singke, house painter, builder, born Wadhurst, Sussex; Dorothy Brooker, daughter, age 9, born Wadhurst, Sussex.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 20 years, 10 days, height 5ft 10½ inches, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair. Formerly painter.

Home 3rd September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 23rd July 1915.

3rd September 1914, enlisted; 4th September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

2nd July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry Brooker, Monks Cottage, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst; Mother, Frances Brooker, Monks Cottage, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst; Brother - Henry Brooker, age 30, Crowley, Alberta, Canada; Sisters - Alice M Whibley, age 32, Burgess Hill, Sussex; Dorothy Brooker, age 18, Monks Cottage, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst; Frances Gertrude Brooker, age 26, Lathmore Hospital, Richmond; Nephews - Harry Whibley, age 1, Burgess Hill, Sussex; Ralph Whibley, age 8, Burgess Hill, Sussex; Uncle - John Brooker, age 62, Old England Cottage, Playden, Sussex.

Initially buried 100 yards East of Gunners Farm, Ploegsteert, now at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, LVI.D.10., Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium.

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