Private Frederick George Brooks

Army Number: 42774

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Tumby, Lincolnshire. Son of George and Elizabeth Brooks, of Tumby, Mareham-Le-Fen, Boston, Lincolnshire. Husband of Fanny Brooks, of 8, Frisbys Buildings, Scotgate, Stamford. He enlisted at Horncastle, Lincolnshire and was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, age 26. during the attack on the German positions near Beaumont Hamel, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Frederick George Brooks is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Kirkby on Bain, Lincolnshire.