Frederick William Brook (1888-1918)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- BROOK, FREDERICK WILLIAM. Private. No 57613. 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Born Victoria Road, Lockwood, 19.5.1888. Son of Lewis and Wilhelmina Brook, of Lockwood. Employed as a tramcar cleaner at the Corporation tramway shed, Great Northern Street, Huddersfield. Married, with two children and, at the time of enlistment, was living at 44 Moorbottom Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield. Enlisted 11.7.1917. Died of wounds to face, right hand and abdomen on 4.7.1918, in Italy, aged 30. Buried CAVALLETO BRITISH CEMETERY, ITALY. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row A, Grave 3.
- ROH:- St. Stephen's Church, Rashcliffe; Huddersfield Corporation Roll.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private FREDERICK WILLIAM BROOK
- regiment: West Yorkshire Regiment
- died: Thursday, July 4, 1918
- age: 30 years
- record ID: 638887
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #638887)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #517163)