| Name | Joseph BROOKS |
| Rank/Number | Sergeant / 18307 |
| Regiment/Unit | Essex Regiment / 13th Battalion |
| Enlisted | Stratford, Essex |
| Age/Date of death | 34 / 26 Oct 1916 |
| How died/Theatre of war | Died of wounds / France & Flanders |
| Residence at death | Plaistow, Essex |
| Cemetery | Couin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Grave Reference | IV.C.9 |
| Location of memorial | Weston Turville |
| Date/Place of birth | Sep qtr 1883 / Stratford, Essex |
| Date/Place of baptism | |
| Occupation of Casualty | taxi cab driver |
| Parents/Occupation | George & Sarah Brooks / horsekeeper |
| Parents' Address | Stratford, London |
| Wife | Edith Annie Brooks |
| Wife's Address | Church End, Weston Turville |
| Notes | CWGC gives the father's name as Benjamin. Pension Papers on Ancestry - formerly 3082 Essex Regiment. Discharged by purchase in 1915 but re-enlisted. |