SOLDIERS IN THE 24th MANCHESTER REGIMENT

Private Frederick. Brooks, 15325

Private Frederick Brooks, 15325
24th Manchester Battalion, Oldham Comrades

Newspaper obituary:

"Mrs Shepherd of Millcroft, Delph, has been officially informed that her brother, Private Frank Brooks, aged 24, who was attached to the Manchester Regiment, died from wounds on the morning of the 12th. He would have been 25 had he lived until the 14th. He enlisted May 10th 1915 and went to France in November 1915. Last week Mrs Shepherd received a telegram that her brother had been dangerously wounded in the head. On Tuesday she received the following letter from the Rev. F. W. Baldwin, chaplain to the forces from the 12th General Hospital, France:

I deeply regret to way that Private F. Brooks (15325) died of wounds just as I was entering the hut to give him your message on the morning of the 12th. I buried him yesterday in the St. Sever cemetery (grave No. 2461). I had been to see him and ministered to him the evening before his death. I deeply sympathise with all his family. He has given his life a sacrifice for home and country. May God in His mercy comfort you all.' "

He was the son of George and Ellen Brooks of East Hagbourne, Didcot, Berks.

He is buried in the St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen.

Medal Index Card

Epitaph for Headstone

CWGC

Private 15325
date of death 12/07/1916
age 24
A. 28. 8.
ST. SEVER CEMETERY,
ROUEN

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