PRIVATE (Pte)
COLONEL BROOK
Service Number: .. 204216
Regiment .. 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died .. 10 August 1917 (in 92nd Field Ambulance, of wounds)
Age .. 35 years
Husband of Mabel Brook, of 168, Blackmoorfoot Rd., Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BROOK, COLONEL. Private. No 204216. 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of Emma Brook, 168 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor. Educated at Crosland Moor Council School. Employed as a stonemason at Linthwaite and had worked for a time for Messrs Robert McAlpine and Sons. Was a member of the Working Men's Club and played football with the local team. Married, with two children and, at the time of enlistment, was living at 48 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. Enlisted 29.9.1916. Embarked for France in April, 1917. Suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest at Nieuport, 5.8.1917, and died in the 39th Casualty Clearing Station on 10.8.1917, aged 36 years.
Buried in ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Row C, Grave 7.
ROH:- St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor; United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor.
COLONEL BROOK
Service Number: .. 204216
Regiment .. 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died .. 10 August 1917 (in 92nd Field Ambulance, of wounds)
Age .. 35 years
Husband of Mabel Brook, of 168, Blackmoorfoot Rd., Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BROOK, COLONEL. Private. No 204216. 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of Emma Brook, 168 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor. Educated at Crosland Moor Council School. Employed as a stonemason at Linthwaite and had worked for a time for Messrs Robert McAlpine and Sons. Was a member of the Working Men's Club and played football with the local team. Married, with two children and, at the time of enlistment, was living at 48 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. Enlisted 29.9.1916. Embarked for France in April, 1917. Suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest at Nieuport, 5.8.1917, and died in the 39th Casualty Clearing Station on 10.8.1917, aged 36 years.
Buried in ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Row C, Grave 7.
ROH:- St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor; United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor.
PRIVATE (Pte)
COLONEL BROOK
Service Number: .. 204216
Regiment .. 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died .. 10 August 1917 (in 92nd Field Ambulance, of wounds)
Age .. 35 years
Husband of Mabel Brook, of 168, Blackmoorfoot Rd., Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BROOK, COLONEL. Private. No 204216. 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of Emma Brook, 168 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor. Educated at Crosland Moor Council School. Employed as a stonemason at Linthwaite and had worked for a time for Messrs Robert McAlpine and Sons. Was a member of the Working Men's Club and played football with the local team. Married, with two children and, at the time of enlistment, was living at 48 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. Enlisted 29.9.1916. Embarked for France in April, 1917. Suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest at Nieuport, 5.8.1917, and died in the 39th Casualty Clearing Station on 10.8.1917, aged 36 years.
Buried in ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Row C, Grave 7.
ROH:- St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor; United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor.
COLONEL BROOK
Service Number: .. 204216
Regiment .. 1st/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died .. 10 August 1917 (in 92nd Field Ambulance, of wounds)
Age .. 35 years
Husband of Mabel Brook, of 168, Blackmoorfoot Rd., Crosland Moor, Huddersfield.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
BROOK, COLONEL. Private. No 204216. 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of Emma Brook, 168 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor. Educated at Crosland Moor Council School. Employed as a stonemason at Linthwaite and had worked for a time for Messrs Robert McAlpine and Sons. Was a member of the Working Men's Club and played football with the local team. Married, with two children and, at the time of enlistment, was living at 48 Barton Road, Crosland Moor. Enlisted 29.9.1916. Embarked for France in April, 1917. Suffered severe gunshot wounds to the chest at Nieuport, 5.8.1917, and died in the 39th Casualty Clearing Station on 10.8.1917, aged 36 years.
Buried in ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Row C, Grave 7.
ROH:- St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor; United Methodist Church, Crosland Moor.
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