BORN HULL 1882. SON OF THOMAS & ELLEN BROOKS, OF GRIMSBY.
HE MARRIED SELINA (MARSTON), ON 17/07/1911. HIS WIFE SELINA, LIVED AT 5, CLINTON TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 15, BOWERS TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS – FLORENCE (BORN 21/05/1912) AND ALICE (BORN 4/08/1915). HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 01/12/1914, STATING HE WAS 31 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS OLD. SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. SENT TO FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. DISCHARGED FROM ARMY ON 30/09/1916. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS 06/05/1918, AGED 36. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HULL.
First name:
CHARLES HENRY
Military Number:
13/949
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/05/1918
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
36
