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    Percy BROOKS

    Percy BROOKS

    Male 1881 - 1940  (59 years)

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    • Name Percy BROOKS 
      Born 21 May 1881  Pannal, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
      • Registered by: Rachel Brooks his Mother.
      Gender Male 
      Census
      • 1891 Station Road Follifoot - age 9, Scholar.
        1901 Station Road, Follifoot - age 19, Market Gardener.
        1911 5 Craig View, Pannal Ash - Gardener (Nurseryman).
      Military
      • 32569 Private Percy Brooks
        8th York & Lancs Regiment.
        Wounded on the 10th June 1917 Looking at war records I believe this would have been at the Battle of Messines which took place between the 7th June 1917 and the 14th June 1917.
        Discharged 3rd February 1920.
      Probate
      • Percy Brooks of Memorial Institute, Pannal, Harrogate died 28th September 1940. Probate Wakefield 26th May 1940 to Lucy May Brooks widow and Harold Cedric Brooks waterworks manager.

        Effects: £518 17s 2d
      Residence
      • 1911 - 1915: Pannal Ash
      Occupation Institute Caretaker 
      Died 28 Sep 1940  Memorial Institute, Pannal, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
      Cause: from Pancarditis & Pericarditis 
      • Informant: K E Brooks his Son, his address was Kirkgate, Middleham, Yorkshire.
      Person ID I10  BROOKS Family History
      Last Modified 8 Jan 2022 

      Father George BROOKS,   b. 19 Jan 1844, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1919, 3 Ash View, Pannal Ash, Pannal, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
      Mother Rachel Rathmell ROBINSON,   b. 21 May 1845, North Rigton, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1922, 4 Harewood View, Pannal Ash, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
      Married 8 Apr 1876  the Wesleyan Chapel, Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      • Witnessed by: Henry Bradley & Mary Hannah Robinson.
      Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Lucy May WOOD,   b. 6 Aug 1882, Blazefield Bishopside Pateley Bridge Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1959, 25 Coronation Avenue Oatlands. Harrogate, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
      Married 14 Jul 1909  the Parish Church Pannal Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
      • Witnessed by: Henry Brooks & Samuel Wood.
      Children 
       1. Harold Cedric BROOKS,   b. 20 Dec 1909, 5 Craig View, Pannal Ash, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1999, 12 Sycamore Close, Slingsby, York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
       2. Kenneth Eugene BROOKS,   b. 13 Jun 1913, 5 Craig View, Pannal Ash, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1981, Arguani, Silver Street, Masham, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
       3. Basil Robinson BROOKS,   b. 21 Jun 1915, 5 Craig View, Pannal Ash, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1970, Wesley Cottage, Spring Lane, Pannal, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
      Last Modified 24 Oct 2024 
      Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Event Map
      Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 May 1881 - Pannal, Yorkshire Link to Google Earth
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    • Photos
      Percy Brooks circa 1914
      Percy Brooks circa 1914

      Headstones

      Percy Brooks 1881-1940 & Lucy May Brooks [Wood] 1882-1959

    • Sources 
      1. [S8] Birth Certificate [UK].

      2. [S2] Death Certificate [UK].

      3. [S4] Marriage Certificate [UK].