Date of Birth
28 April 1891
College
Borough Road College
Service number
19072
WW1 rank
Private
Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
27 September 1915
Buried/memorial
Loos Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 5 to 7.)
Biography
Private Albert John Brooks was the song of George and Mary Ann Brooks. He attended Borough Road College for two years. His destination is listed as going straight into the Grenadier Guards as a private. He Enlisted into the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards in September 1914 and went to France on 26 July 1915. Brooks was killed on 27 September 1915 aged 21.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1916 Annual Report