Private Thomas Albert Brooks

Army Number: 17700

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Clay Cross, Derbyshire and lived at Pinxton, Derbyshire. Son of Charles and Mary Jane Brooks, of 77, Park Lane, Pinxton, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Ripley. He was killed in action, 1st October 1916, age 28, in the attack on the Flers/Le Sars line, France during the Battle of the Somme. 

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

Private Thomas Albert Brooks is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Helen’s Church War Memorial, Pinxton, Derbyshire.