Private George Reginald Brooks

Army Number: 306838

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Rose Hill, Derby. Son of  George and Harriett Dewick (formerly Brooks), of Laxton,  Nottinghamshire. He was a farmworker prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 26th September 1917, age 22, during the attack at St. Julian, near Ypres, Belgium. 

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private George Reginald Brooks is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Michael the Archangel Church War Memorial Cross, Laxton, Nottinghamshire. 
St. Michael the Archangel Church Roll of Honour, Laxton, Nottinghamshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.