The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Brook

Private William BROOK, G/11619, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 2/1st Mid Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders, France 3rd October 1916, age 21.

Born Eccles, Kent, son of Amos Samuel & Jane Brook, 35 Victoria St, Eccles, Kent.

1911 Census - 20 Eccles Row, Eccles - Jane Brook, head, age 46, married 22 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Otham, Kent; William Amos Brook, son, age 16, single, testing cement office, born Aylesford, Kent; Fanny Elizabeth Brook, daughter, age 12, born Aylesford, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 21 years, 52 days, height 5ft 5 ¾inches, weight 137lbs. Resided at 35 Victoria St, Eccles, Kent. Formerly cooper.

Home 14th December 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF 9th May 1916 to 3rd October 1916.

14th December 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th December 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & embarked; 2nd June 1916, 18 Infantry Base Depot, proceeded to the Front.

4th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Amos Brook, 35 Victoria St, Eccles, Kent; Brother - Charlie Brook, age 18, 35 Victoria St, Eccles, Kent; Sisters - Elsie Brandies?, age 22, Westbury Road, Walthamstow, E17; Lilian Brook, age 26, 35 Victoria St, Eccles, Kent; Lizzie Brook, age 20, 35 Victoria St, Eccles, Kent.

Buried at Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery extension, VIII. B. 7.Somme, France and at Eccles War Memorial, Recreation Ground, Eccles, Kent.

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