Name
Bertie (Bert) John Brooks
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
8267
East Surrey Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
IV. P. 5.
France
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Meesden
Pre War
Son of Elkanah and Jane Brooks, of Meesden, Buntingford, Herts. A farm Labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted into the Bedfordshire Regiment in Bishops Stortford on 8 Sep 1914 and transferred to the East Surrey Regiment on 31 Oct 1914 and entered France on 25 Aug 1915 in 4th Platoon, A Coy. 8th Bn.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
