BORN HULL 1899. ONLY CHILD OF EMMANUEL & ELIZABETH BROOKS, OF 10, FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 129, WHARNCLIFFE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). AN APPRENTICE BUTCHER AT MARKET HALL, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE WAS CALLED UP IN JUNE 1917 AND SERVED WITH THE 9TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE HAD ONLY BEEN IN FRANCE FOR A MONTH, WHEN HE WAS KILLED ON 21/04/1918, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL , ON 22/05/1918.
First name:
HENRY (HARRY)
Military Number:
39307
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
18
10, FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
