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Surname: BROOKS
Forename(s): Leslie Walter
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Warwickshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1915-09-25
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 3 and 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Leslie Walter Brooks was the son of John Boultbee and Alice Jane Brooks, née Mason. John was born at Hinckley, Leicestershire and Alice at Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
1901 Stoke Prior, Worcestershire Census: Finstal House, Grimley Lane - Leslie W. Brooks, aged 9 years, born Birmingham, Warwickshire, son of John B. and Alice J. Brooks.
1911 Uppingham, Rutland Census: West Bank - Leslie Walter Brooks, aged 19 years, born Birmingham, Warwickshire. Boarder. [Uppingham School.]
Leslie was married to Blanche Ann Birley in 1914.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Lieut Leslie Walter Brooks, 4th W. York., att[ached] Linc. R. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: –.5.15. Correspondence: Mrs B.A. Brooks applies for her husband's medals, 27.10.20. Address 1: 17, York Place, Harrogate. Address 2: Throstle Nest, Thornton-in-Craven near Skipton, Yorks.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Lieut L. W. Brooks, West Yorkshire Regiment. K. in. A. 25.9.15.
Record of Officers' Effects: Lieut L. Brooks, 4 West Yorks att Lincoln. Date and Place of Death: Killed in action 25.9.15. To whom Issued: £88 4s. 6d.to Exors. - Mrs Blanche Ann Brooks and Wilfred Mason Brooks Esq. £2 14s. 3d. as above.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Leslie not found.
Leslie is commemorated on the war memorial of Clare College, Cambridge.
See also: 'Earby in the First World War' by Stephanie Carter (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Lieutenant Leslie Walter BROOKS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lincolnshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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