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Name
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Place of birth Goudhurst
Land Kent, England
Last residence Smugley Farm, Goudhurst, Kent
Family Son of Thomas and Annie Brooks; three brothers, John, Henry, George; six sisters, Alice, Mary, Emily, Ellen, Edith and May;
Education Goudhurst village school
Profession Farm labourer
Extra info One of his brothers, George, was a driver in the Royal Horse Artillery; he was one of the drivers who took into action the gun which fired the first British shell in the war (on 22 August 1914).
George was killed in action on 11 September 1917 and is buried in Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension near Bethune.

Place & date of enlistment 23 November 1914, Cranbrook
Service number 275306
Rank Private
Medals War medal and Victory medal
Regiment and unit 1st/3rd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Attached or transferred from 2/5th - Bn. - East Kent
Other data related to military career previously served in 2/5th East Kent Rgt. (n° 202983); 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers); discharged in spring 1916, re-enlisted with the Buffs in 1917; transferred to 12th Royal Fusiliers and to 10th Royal Fusiliers;