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Name: BROOKS, Walter Tyrrell MC (Capt.)
Birth Date: 23.2.1884 London
Death Date: 3.6.1960 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
First Date: 1912
Profession: KAR
Married: In Brompton, London 23 July 1924 Edith Tonge b. 15 Jan 1893, d. 1970 Tonbridge
Book Reference: Sitrep 6, Moyse, SS
General Information:
Moyse - 1913 - succeeded Major Clothier as O.C. Northern Garrison
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Major W.T. Brooks, MC, c/o Major W. Platt, Balnagowan Burns Hotel, Ardgay, Scotland - Farm 1555
Sitrep 6 - Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 - East Africa 1913 - Awarded for operations under Capt. Brooks (DCLI), against the Dodinga tribe. Recipients were members of 4 KAR. 1912-13 Engaged in the Anglo - Belgian Boundary Commission