Wounded Soldiers in WW1 - Pte S BROOKES (General)
As we approach Remembrance Sunday we perhaps think of those relatives who we know sacrificed their lives for "King & Country"
However we may not know so much about some of those who were wounded and survived. I have brief details on a number of men, the first being
Pte. S. BROOKES
2nd Glo'ster Regt., "gassed" on May 2nd 1915 in France.
He enlisted on Jan. 7, 1915. and was sent to France in March.
Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs F. BROOKES, Ashleworth Lane, Hartpury.
Wounded Soldiers in WW1 - BROOKES
by m p griffiths 
, Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:41 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
1911 Census, Ashleworth Lane, Hartpury
BROOKES
Francis - 56 - Haytrusser born Hartpury
Louisa - 49 - married 31 years, 13 children born alive, twelve living, one dead, born Maisemore
Jessie - 14 - Apprentice Dressmaking
Leonard - 11 - School
Albert - 10 - School
Albert Reginald James BROOKES - christened 1901
Ancestry: Death
Albert Reginald J BROOKES
birth date: 7 February 1901
Date of Registration: March 1986
Age at death: 85
Inferred County: Gloucester
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Not sure what happened to Leonard - did he join up? can't see his name on War Graves Commission.
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FOD records
Albert Reginald James BROOKES - was a witness at a wedding in Hartpury 7 August 1939, when Winfred BROOKS, age 45, Spinster, father: Francis George (deceased) married Arthur Joshua HARRIS.
Pte 3153 Sidney BROOKES 2nd Glosters died Nov 1918
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, November 01, 2012, 02:10 (4401 days ago) @ m p griffiths
Searching for Albert & Leonard Brookes of Hartpury I cannot yet find evidence of their war service, but I found this photo of the village War Memorial which sadly does includes their elder brother Sidney who died three years after being gassed... it's to be hoped he would have at least known the outcome of the War before finally succumbing to what was probably considerable & prolonged suffering.
It contains a photo of Sidney and states he "enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment on 7th January 1915 and was send to France in March. He was "gassed" on 2nd May 1915 and was returned home. He died on 28 Nov 1918 and is buried in the churchyard of Hartpury Methodist Chapel. He was the eldest son of Francis Brookes of Broad Street, previously of Woolridge. He was 23 when he died."
Francis and Louisa Brookes had at least 11 children, the first seven of which were girls and the first two were illegitimate, presumably by Francis. Francis was a hay trusser and had been born and brought up in Hartpury. Louisa was the daughter of William and Eliza Bendall of Maisemore who later moved to Hartpury."
From GlosBDM:
Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
BROOKES Francis George BENDALL Louisa Gloucester Gloucester St Mary de Lode 1881 33 No 7 6
From FOD PRs:
1881 BROOKS Fanny Elizabeth, Francis George & Louisa Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1885 BROOKS Mary Ann, Francis & Louisa Hartpury Laborer [sic] Hartpury
1883 BROOKES Alice Eliza, Francis & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1886 BROOKES Rowena Elizabeth, Francis & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1889 BROOKES Ellen, Francis & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1892 BROOKES Florence Beatrice, Francis & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1893 BROOKES Winifred, Francis & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1895 BROOKES Sidney Walter Charles, Francis George & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1900 BROOKES Leonard William Arthur, Francis George & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1901 BROOKES Albert Reginald James, Francis George & Louisa, Hartpury Labourer Hartpury
1905 BROOKES Millicent Doris, Francis George & Louisa, Woolridge Hartpury Hay Trusser Hartpury
Record_ID: 272974
Entry_Number: 1279
Year: 1895
Month: Jun
Day: 2
Parents_Surname: BROOKES
Child_Forenames: Sidney Walter Charles
Fathers_Forenames: Francis George
Mothers_Forenames: Louisa
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hartpury
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: W G S Addison Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P165 IN 1/16
Page_Number: 160
Parish_Chapel: Hartpury
Soundex: B622
The website states that 125 men of Hartpury served during the Great War, the Memorial lists 14 of them....
Given their older brother had enlisted and returned home wounded before they were of age, I hope young Albert & Leonard were spared service, tho' they may well have thought & even done otherwise.
Pte Sidney Walter Charles BROOKES 1895-1918 R I P
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Thursday, November 01, 2012, 07:23 (4400 days ago) @ m p griffiths
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
BROOKES, SIDNEY
Rank:Private
Service No:3153
Date of Death:28/11/1918
Age:23
Regiment/Service:Gloucestershire Regiment
Grave Reference
CemeteryHARTPURY WESLEYAN CHAPELYARD
Additional Information:
Son of Francis Brookes, of Ashleworth Lane, Hartpury.
1911
Sidney Charles Brookes abt 1896 Hartpury, Gloucestershire Servant Churcham and Bulley, Gloucestershire
1901
Francis Brookes abt 1857 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Head Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Louisa Brookes abt 1861 Maisemore, Gloucestershire, England Wife Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Alice Elize Brookes abt 1883 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Nelly Brookes abt 1890 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Florence Beatrice Brookes abt 1892 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Sidney W C Brookes abt 1896 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Son Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Jessie Brookes abt 1898 Maisemore, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Leonard N A Brookes abt 1900 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Son Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Albert R J Brookes abt 1901 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England Son Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Year: 1895
Month: Jun
Day: 2
Parents_Surname: BROOKES
Child_Forenames: Sidney Walter Charles
Fathers_Forenames: Francis George
Mothers_Forenames: Louisa
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Hartpury
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: W G S Addison Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P165 IN 1/16
Page_Number: 160
Parish_Chapel: Hartpury
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Wounded Soldiers in WW1 Private R M FENNELL
Private R. M. FENNELL
10th Glo'ster Regiment, wounded in action in the Great advance in France, and now in Gray's Inn-road Hospital, London
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. FENNELL, New Road, Blakeney
Reginald Morley FENNELL
by m p griffiths , Monday, October 29, 2012, 13:14 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
1911 Census
New Road
Blakeney
living in 8 rooms
married 17 years : 2 children born alive, 2 living.
FENNELL
Frederick - 62, married - Colliery Banksman - born West Dean
(no wife listed on census)
John William FENNELL - 29 - Collier Weighman - born West Dean
Reginald Morley FENNELL - 16 - Ry Waggon Repairer Collier - born West Dean
Hilda Marquerite FENNELL - 14 - School
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Ancestry
Death Index
Reginald M FENNELL
birth date: abt 1895
O/N/D Qtr 1966
age 71
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, Volume: 7b, Page: 405
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FOD records
Married: Nellie WOOD, Spinster, Governess - 27 September 1930, Blakeney. Reginald's occupation, Railway Wagon Constructor.
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Again, not sure what happened to his brother: John William FENNELL - c1882
Wounded Soldiers in WW1 Private C H LANE
Private C H LANE 7th Glo'ster Regiment
Wounded at the Dardanelles on 18th July 1915, and now in hospital at Whalley, Lancashire.
His home is at the Post Office, Ashleworth
Charles H LANE - born Philadelphia USA - HOWELL
by m p griffiths , Monday, October 29, 2012, 13:30 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
Here's the 1911 census for the Post Office, Ashleworth (10 rooms)
(looking for C H LANE - but this is the family)
LANE
Harriette - 52, married 30 years, 7 children born alive - 5 living, 2 dead, born Glos. Ashleworth
Harry B LANE - son, married 2 years, Joiner, born Gloucester, Glos.
Amy H LANE - daughter - 23, Post Office Assistant, born United States of America resident
Annie C LANE - daughter - 20 - dressmaker, born United State of America residence
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1911 Census, 20 Ladysmith Road, Gloucester
Charles LANE - age 18, Single, Joiner & Carpenter, Incubator & Joinery Works, born Philadelphia, Pensy. (loding with the SMART family, head also working as a Machinist at the Incubator & Joinery Works)
1901 Census
Green
Ashleworth
LANE
Charles - 43, Joiner, born Ashleworth
Harriet - 43
Frederick J or S - 15 - Joiner, born Glos
Amy - 13 - born Phil USA
Charlotte - 11 - born Phil USA
Charles - 9 - born Phil USA
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Ancestry:
UK Incoming Passenger List
Port of Departure: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Arrival Date: 12 May 1899
Liverpool: England and Queenstown, Ireland
Ship name: PENNLAND
LANE
Harriet - 42 - wife
Harry - 16
Fred - 11
Amy - 9
Annie - 7
Charles - 5
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1881 Census, Ashleworth
Cottage Stream
Richard HEUGHES - 47 - labourer at Tan yard, born Upleadon
Charlotte - 43
Walter S - 16
Alice Mary HOWLL - step-daughter - 18
Charles LANE - son-in-law - 23, Joiner
Harriet LANE - 24
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Gloucestershirebdm - have a marriage at Glos St Mary de Lobe 1881
Harriet HOWELLS/Charles LANE
and
births
LANE/HOWELL
Charles Henry 1881 - Gloucester, Gloucester South Hamlet
Frederick Stephen - 1885 - ditto
Harry Bertram - 1882
Charles H LANE
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, October 29, 2012, 15:56 (4403 days ago) @ m p griffiths
Hi Dink,
thanks for this interesting new angle wrt the Great War.
Please, have you any particular personal links to the Lanes ?, as you may know a very common surname locally particularly across into Herefordshire - as I hadnt realised until I started researching my own small Lane branch which included a few generations of professional soldiering, as do their relatives the Beards.
I've found and read abt several! WW1 Lanes from our area while researching my own line and currently have Medal Cards and Service Records for a dozen or so applicable to me.
I'm intrigued as to how you research for Wounds rather than DiA, is this thro searching out "local" Medal Cards & Newspaper archives as I've done or do you have more specialist sources ?. I'd be gratefull to learn more, please, altho' if you're a pro Military researcher then I fully respect you may not want to share them.
Thanks eitherway !
Charles H LANE
Jefff,
The details posted come from the weekly publication The Cheltenham Chronicle & Gloucestershire Graphic.Copies of which are held at Glos Archives & the Cheltenham Local and Family History Centre(Library)
You can see some of what I previously found on this site at
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/downloads/Newspaper/Some_Gloucester_Regiment_Soldiers_191...
I have no connection to the Lane's, my "speciality" has been in producing the Wills & Inquest data, but this WW1 stuff is starting to interest me more
Regards
D
Researching Injured Soldiers WW1
by m p griffiths , Monday, October 29, 2012, 17:31 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
Googling:
On Tuesday 8 November 2011 - Anna KING - BBC Radio Gloucestershire - gave a talk on Researching World War Soldiers on line archives....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00l7nhw
Not available to view now - but Anna KING seems to give regular talks and would be worth contacting.
Charles H LANE
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 03:23 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
Thanks Dink, very helpfull. Glad you also find it interesting.
Pls keep it up, Jeff
Wounded Soldiers in WW1 Private Francis J LEACH
Private Francis J LEACH 1st Glo'ster Regiment
After returning to the trenches on Feb 9 1915 following an operation in England, was badly wounded on Sunday May 9 1915, his right hand being shatterd by shrapnel at Ypres.
He is now in Norwich Hospital
Son of Mrs. A. J. LEACH, Float House, Minsterworth
Private Francis Joseph LEACH - Minsterworth
by m p griffiths , Monday, October 29, 2012, 14:28 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
1911 Census, The Flatt, Minsterworth
LEACH
Albert Joseph - 47
Elizabeth - 45
Edgar - 22
Minnie - 20
Frank - 19
Beatrice - 12
George - 14
Emma - 11
Victor - 9
Henry - 8
Crissie - 6
Gertrude - 9 months
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1901 Census, Longney
LEACH
Albert J - 37, Mason's Labourer, born Hardwick
Elizabeth - 34 - Longney
Edgar - 12 - Longney
Minnie - 10 - Longney
Francis J - 9 - born Epney - general labourer, born Moreton Valance
Margaret 7 - born Epney
George - 4 - born Longney
Beatrice - 2 - born Longney
Emma - 2 - born Longney
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Gloucestershirebdm : mother's maiden name for these children - PACKER
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Ancestry Death Index
?
Francis Joseph LEACH
birth date: 5 December 1891
death: J/A/S Qtr 1978
age : 86, Gloucester
Wounded Soldiers in WW1 Private Fred MERRETT
Private Fred Merrett, 2nd Grenadier Guards
Wounded in action on 17 May 1915 in France
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. MERRETT, Broadoak, Newnham
Frederick Richard MERRETT/CRUMP - Broad Oak
by m p griffiths , Monday, October 29, 2012, 16:14 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
FOD records
Baptism at Westbury on Severn - 6 August 1896
Frederick Richard MERRETT (born 13 July 1893)
parents:
Richard (Fisherman) & Mary Jane - residence: Broad Oak
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1901 Census, Westbury on Severn
Broad Oak Cottage
MERRETT
Richard - 50 - Fisherman, born Westbury
Mary Jane - 38 - born Newnham
Clara - 12
Walter - 10
Fred - 8
Agnes - 3
Arthur - 2
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1911 Census, Westbury on Severn
Broad Oak (living in 4 rooms)
MERRITT
Richard - 59 Fisherman, born Chaxhill
Mary - 48 - married 29 years, 11 children born alive, 10 living, 1 dead - born Newnham
Walter - 21 - Fisherman - all born Broad Oak
Frederick - 17 - General Labourer
Agnes - 13
Percy - 9
Minee - granddaughter - 5
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FOD records
Marriage at Westbury on Severn 29 January 1882
Richard MERRETT/Mary Jane Elizabeth Gibbon CRUMP
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Ancestry
Death: June 1986, Forest of Dean
Frederick Richard MERRETT, birth date: 13 July 1893, age at death: 92
Wounded Soldiers in WW1
by Roger Griffiths , Monday, October 29, 2012, 19:59 (4403 days ago) @ dink999
Losses KIA in WWI were around 750,000. The number of wounded would have been 3 to 4 times that number. Some would have recovered but some would have been crippled for life.
Losses in Iraq were and Afghanistan are only reported for KIA. The wounded are never mentioned.
Soldiers
by ritpetite , New Zealand, Monday, October 29, 2012, 22:43 (4403 days ago) @ Roger Griffiths
Might be a nice idea to have a section on here with the names of those who fought and/or died. Another headache for you guys
Soldiers
by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 03:26 (4403 days ago) @ ritpetite
Yes agreed it would be nice, altho' also very sobering when we see the full extent of the huge numbers involved from just a tiny part of the Empire !
Soldiers - Roll of Honour
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 07:32 (4402 days ago) @ ritpetite
Might be a nice idea to have a section on here with the names of those who fought and/or died. Another headache for you guys
rather than a specific section over the years I have added numerous "R I P" threads to honour the fallen from the FoD, such as :-
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=3351
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=1185
Also a couple of notes / articles specific to parish "rolls of honour" such as :-
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=15668
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=31897
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Ἀριστοτέλης A Gloster Boy in the Forest of Dean ><((((*>
Wounded Soldiers in WW1
by william pattern , Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 09:06 (4402 days ago) @ dink999
Hi just a quick note, my great uncle George henry saysum was wounded in france on 4th november 1918.He died a year later from wounds at hampstead military hospital london on 26th november 1919 aged 22.He was the son of william and martha saysum nee miles,and lived at allastone mesne lydney and is buried in a military grave in lydney churchyard,Was told by my family that they had a real big fight with the authorities back then to get his name put on the lydney war memorial,his name is also on a plaque inside the church,regards william