BORN HULL 06/04/1879. SON OF CHARLES BROOKS, OF BRANTINGHAM, BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE. RAISED BY GRANDPARENTS AT 24 REED STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ROSE SIMPSON & EIGHT CHILDREN, AT 9 SOUTHGATE GARDENS, HORNSEA (CWGC ADDRESS) EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY PLATER.
HE ENLISTED ON 06/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE RAILWAY PALS, THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED ON 19/11/1918, AGED 39.
HE IS BURIED AT BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE READS, “PEACE PERFECT PEACE”.
HIS WIDOW WAS AWARED A £5 GRANT & WEEKLY PENSION OF 50 SHILLINGS, FOR HERSELF AND HER EIGHT CHILDREN.
First name:
FREDERICK
Military Number:
1122
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/11/1918
Place died:
BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
Age:
39
9 SOUTHGATE GARDENS, HORNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
