Brooks, Daniel –

Son of Walter and Sarah Elizabeth Brooks, of Hey Club Row, Ainsworth, Lancashire. Drowned at sea en-route to Egypt.

Personal details

  • Surname: Brooks
  • Forename: Daniel
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Ainsworth, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Ainsworth, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 25
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: December 31st, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Sapper
  • Unit: 98th Railway Train Crew Company.
  • Service number: 290171
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bury, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
  • CWGC reference: F. 18.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 25/01/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d

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