Joseph Brookes
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:57 pm
Private 40373 Joseph Brookes
Abt 1893 -20/9/1917 (24)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... kes-joseph
Dob abt 1893
Baptism
Parents Elijah Brookes & Mary Ann
Parents Marriage
1901 99 Harvills Hawthorn, West Bromwich, Staffs.
Mary A. Brooks (33, Widow, born West Bromwich), and her 4 children: Samuel (10, born West Bromwich), Joseph (8, born West Bromwich), Lizzie (6, born West Bromwich), and Thomas (3, born West Bromwich).
1911 5 Dial Lane, West Bromwich, Staffs.
Elijah (33, Puddler, born West Bromwich), Mary Ann (44, born West Bromwich), 3 of Mary's 4 children by her first marriage: Samuel (20, Labourer, born West Bromwich), Joseph (18, Labourer in Tube Works, born West Bromwich), and Thomas (13, Moulder's Help, born West Bromwich), also Elijah and Mary's 3 children: Charlotte (8, born West Bromwich), Elijah (6, born West Bromwich), and Annie (9 months, born West Bromwich).
Marriage 23/8/1915 St Paul Golds Hill
Joseph Brookes and Winifred Bates registered in September quarter 1915 in West Bromwich.
Staffordshire Gold's Hill
Church name St Paul
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 205
Marriage date 23 Aug 1915
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname BROOKES
Groom age 22 Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Ironworker
Groom abode 5 Dial Lane
Bride forename Winifred
Bride surname BATES
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride occupation Warehouse Assistant
Bride abode 5 Dial Lane
Groom father forename Elijah
Groom father surname BROOKES
Groom father occupation Ironworker
Bride father forename Harry
Bride father surname BATES
Bride father occupation Tube Roller(deceased)
Witness 1 William DICKINSON
Witness 2 Elizabeth BROOKES
Son, Joseph, was born in June quarter 1917, his birth was registered in West Bromwich.
WW1 Records
Private 40373 Joseph Brookes
Died of Wounds on Thursday, 20th September 1917, age 24.
Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 of Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
10th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. 57th Brigade of 19th Division.
Formerly 24835 South Staffs Regiment.
Son of Elijah and Mary Ann Brookes, of 5, Dial Lane, Hill Top; husband of Winifred Brookes, of 219, Dial Lane, Hill Top, West Bromwich.
Born: West Bromwich, Enlisted: West Bromwich, Resident: Unknown.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Commemorated on the St. Luke's, and St. Paul's, Golds Hill memorials.
Dod 20/9/1917 (24) Died of Wounds Belgium
Burial No known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/843112/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119 ... ph-brookes
Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 of Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
& St. Luke's, and St. Paul's, Golds Hill memorials.
Any other info
Abt 1893 -20/9/1917 (24)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... kes-joseph
Dob abt 1893
Baptism
Parents Elijah Brookes & Mary Ann
Parents Marriage
1901 99 Harvills Hawthorn, West Bromwich, Staffs.
Mary A. Brooks (33, Widow, born West Bromwich), and her 4 children: Samuel (10, born West Bromwich), Joseph (8, born West Bromwich), Lizzie (6, born West Bromwich), and Thomas (3, born West Bromwich).
1911 5 Dial Lane, West Bromwich, Staffs.
Elijah (33, Puddler, born West Bromwich), Mary Ann (44, born West Bromwich), 3 of Mary's 4 children by her first marriage: Samuel (20, Labourer, born West Bromwich), Joseph (18, Labourer in Tube Works, born West Bromwich), and Thomas (13, Moulder's Help, born West Bromwich), also Elijah and Mary's 3 children: Charlotte (8, born West Bromwich), Elijah (6, born West Bromwich), and Annie (9 months, born West Bromwich).
Marriage 23/8/1915 St Paul Golds Hill
Joseph Brookes and Winifred Bates registered in September quarter 1915 in West Bromwich.
Staffordshire Gold's Hill
Church name St Paul
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 205
Marriage date 23 Aug 1915
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname BROOKES
Groom age 22 Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Ironworker
Groom abode 5 Dial Lane
Bride forename Winifred
Bride surname BATES
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride occupation Warehouse Assistant
Bride abode 5 Dial Lane
Groom father forename Elijah
Groom father surname BROOKES
Groom father occupation Ironworker
Bride father forename Harry
Bride father surname BATES
Bride father occupation Tube Roller(deceased)
Witness 1 William DICKINSON
Witness 2 Elizabeth BROOKES
Son, Joseph, was born in June quarter 1917, his birth was registered in West Bromwich.
WW1 Records
Private 40373 Joseph Brookes
Died of Wounds on Thursday, 20th September 1917, age 24.
Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 of Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
10th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment. 57th Brigade of 19th Division.
Formerly 24835 South Staffs Regiment.
Son of Elijah and Mary Ann Brookes, of 5, Dial Lane, Hill Top; husband of Winifred Brookes, of 219, Dial Lane, Hill Top, West Bromwich.
Born: West Bromwich, Enlisted: West Bromwich, Resident: Unknown.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Commemorated on the St. Luke's, and St. Paul's, Golds Hill memorials.
Dod 20/9/1917 (24) Died of Wounds Belgium
Burial No known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/843112/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119 ... ph-brookes
Commemorated on Panel 75 to 77 of Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
& St. Luke's, and St. Paul's, Golds Hill memorials.
Any other info
