Son of Mary Brooks, of 54, Moorfield Grove, Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Walter Brooks. Formerly employed in the boot and shoe department of the Bolton Co-Operative Society.
Brooks, Walter –
Personal details
- Surname: Brooks
- Forename: Walter
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Tonge Moor, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 24
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 25th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: "C" Battery, 298th Brigade.
- Service number: 710819
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Tonge Moor Roll of Honour - Tonge Moor Congregational Church
- CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: Panel 4 to 6 and 162.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 12/10/1917 07/12/1917 27/09/1918 08/11/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d* S15* 6g 6h
- Bolton Chronicle: 12/10/1917