| Name | Ernest BROOKS (d) |
| Rank/Number | Lance Corporal / 1478 |
| Regiment/Unit | Rifle Brigade / 2nd Battalion |
| Enlisted | High Wycombe |
| Age/Date of death | 30 / 01 Jul 1916 |
| How died/Theatre of war | Killed in action / France & Flanders |
| Residence at death | High Wycombe |
| Cemetery | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
| Grave Reference | Pier & Face 16B & 16C |
| Location of memorial | Flackwell Heath |
| Date/Place of birth | c1886 / High Wycombe |
| Date/Place of baptism | |
| Occupation of Casualty | regular soldier in Rifle Brigade |
| Parents/Occupation | John (Jack) & Susan Brooks / gas stoker |
| Parents' Address | 1901: 7 Bedford Yard, High Wycombe |
| Wife | Rose Brooks nee Johnson |
| Wife's Address | The Common, Flackwell Heath |
| Notes | Mentioned in Despatches. Formerly 3rd Oxford Light Infantry. Served 10 years in India. Service Papers on Ancestry |