BORN HULL 1895. DRYPOOL. YOUNGEST SON OF CHARLES & SUSAN BROOKS ABOVE ADDRESS. OF STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD A BROTHER, WILLIAM & FIVE SISTERS. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 3.5 YEARS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/03/1918, AGED 28. HIS SISTER LIVED AT 1 LORNE TERRACE, WYKE STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 22/04/1918 AND 02/05/1918.
COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
11854
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
27/03/1918
Place died:
POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
28
3 THORNE TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
