George William Brooks

Rank:

Lance Corporal

Regimental number:

406046

Unit at enlistment:

36th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Surrey

Birth city:

Croydon

Address at enlistment:

85 Brighton Row, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

85 Brighton Row, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Miscellaneous

BX March 20, 1918

Brantford Men Given Reception at Hamilton - Two Wounded Veterans Arrived – Pte. S.J. Brown Escaped at Vimy Ridge but was Wounded at Lens – Pte. Anderson was Wounded in Battle of the Somme

HAMILTON, March 20. - Hamilton extended the hand of welcome to three Brantford returned soldiers who had volunteered their services for overseas, when they arrived at 9 o'clock this morning on the T.H. & B. Train from Toronto. Two of the returned men were veterans of the spring fighting of last year, the other rejected as physically unfit. Those who arrived were Pte. S.J. Brown, 33 Ontario Street; Pte. T. Anderson, 30 Lyons Avenue; and Lance-Corp. G. Brooks, 21 Ontario Street. Pte. S.J. Brown enlisted in Brantford, joining the 29th Battalion. Through Vimy he served unscathed, but was later wounded at the battle of Lens late last spring. Eighteen months of service in the trenches is the proud record of Pte. T. Anderson. In the Battle of the Somme, he was seriously injured with gunshot and has spent almost a year in hospitals before he was able to return.

Although seemingly over the military age, Lance-Corp. G. Brooks willingly left his home to fight the battles of freedom, but in England was honorably discharged as physically unfit.

All three men will report to hospitals here for treatment. They left for Brantford this afternoon.

BX January 30, 1935

George Brooks

The death of George Brooks, 33, Ontario Street, occurred suddenly this morning at the residence in his 73rd year. Born in England, Mr. Brooks came to Brantford in 1913 and had resided here since that time. He was at one time a member of the Grenadier Guards and he served overseas with the 36th Battalion. Left to mourn his loss beside his widow, are three sons, John, James and Walter, all of Brantford, and five daughters, Mrs. R. Price and Mrs. J. Evans of this city, and Miss Alice, Miss Annie and Miss Amy, at home. A brother and a sister, in England, also survive. The funeral will be conducted Friday from the residence to Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment will be made.

BX February 3, 1935

George Brooks

The funeral of George Brooks was conducted Saturday afternoon from the residence, 33, Ontario Street, to Trinity Anglican Church and thence to Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment was made. The services were in charge of rev. R.M.P. Bulteel, Rector of Trinity Church. There was a large attendance and a profusion of flowers, testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held. The pallbearers were: George Smith, George Kenton, James Hughes, Dan Royds, A. MacGregor, and D. Campbell.