TF/320169, Sergeant, Frank Trevor BROOK(E)S
Aged 25
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Born in Q1-1893 in Ross, Herefordshire [Ross 6a:460], the third son of David and Mabel BROOKES (née WARD), later of The Cottage, Amberley, Bury Road. 1901 census...Frank [8] was at Alton Street, Ross with his father David [42], a groom, born Cheltenham; his mother Mabel [40] born Uttoxeter; and brothers Reginald William [13];Frederick John [12]; sisters Beatrice Annie [10] and Dorothy Thornton [5] all born in Ross. 1911 census...Frank was an apprentice with Sam Loates at Beverley House, Exeter Road, Newmarket. His parents, brother Reginald and sister Dorothy were still at 8 Alton Street, Ross. The Newmarket Journal reported him as a stablelad and member of the Astley Club. He is listed in CWGC and SDGW and on his grave marker as BROOKES. This varies in the census, in 1901 he was BROOKS, in 1911 BROOKES. |
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He enlisted in Brighton and was in the Army in August 1914. His "Soldier's Personal Effects" card gives his cause of death as pneumonia, at Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain.
© Commonwealth War Graves Commission and also on the plaque in the New Astley Club, Fred Archer Way, Newmarket He seems also be the Frank Brookes on the plaque in St Peter's Church, Snailwell click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
