Private William Brooks

Army Number: 21250

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

Born and lived at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Son of George and Annie Brooks, of Steeple Grange, Wirksworth. He was a farm boy prior to enlisting at Derby. He went to France on 29th August 1915 and was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, in 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.

Private William Brooks is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.