Slater Family

Taken from huddersfield.exposed:
"At the time of the 1911 Census, he was living with his grandparents, handloom weaver George Kaye Brook and his wife Martha, and working as a doffer at a worsted mill"

Service No:21/712

Served in: 1st/5th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

"Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brook, of Bank End, Kirkburton, Huddersfield"

http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/visenartoismemorial.htm

This Memorial bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave. They belonged to the forces of Great Britain and Ireland and South Africa; the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand forces being commemorated on other memorials to the missing.

The Memorial consists of a screen wall in three parts. The middle part of the screen wall is concave and carries stone panels on which names are carved. It is 26 feet high flanked by pylons 70 feet high. The Stone of Remembrance stands exactly between the pylons and behind it, in the middle of the screen, is a group in relief representing St George and the Dragon. The flanking parts of the screen wall are also curved and carry stone panels carved with names. Each of them forms the back of a roofed colonnade; and at the far end of each is a small building.

The memorial was designed by J.R. Truelove, with sculpture by Ernest Gillick. It was unveiled by the Rt. Hon. Thomas Shaw on 4 August 1930.

James' name is also inscribed on the Kirkburton War Memorial: http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/community/warmemorial/memorial_details.aspx?mid=17#s4

In loving remembrance of
Pte. James Brook
West Yorks

The beloved eldest son of
Mr and Mrs Tom Brook

Who was killed in action
In France,
on September 23rd, 1918

In his 23rd year.

Fondly we loved him - he is dear to us still,
But in grief we must bend to God's holy will,
Our sorrow is great, our loss hard to bear,
But the angels, dear son and brother,
will guard you with care.

Bank End,
Kirkburton

Headstone inscription:
"In loving memory of Elizabeth the beloved wife of Tom Brook died Sept 21st 1936 1918 aged 62 years, also James their son killed in action Sept 23rd 1918 aged 22 years. Also the above named Tom Brook died March 8th 1940 aged 66 years. Also Albert their son and dearly beloved husband of Ethna Brook of Cote Close Shelley died of wounds in Western Europe March 24th 1945, aged 35 years , at Rest"