4587 PTE J.BROOKSBANK 1/K.R.RIF.C.
Joel Brooksbank
Born Old Wortley, Leeds, Yorks 6/6/1886
Worked as a Collier before enlisting 23/7/02
To France 22/8/14 with 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps
Wounded in his hand 14/9/14 during Battle of the Aisne & sent back to Blighty 26/9/14
Returned to France 29/9/15 & joined 2nd KRRC
Wounded in right leg 1/7/16 (also recorded as 2/7/16) & went back to Blighty again 19/7/16
Returned to France 10/11/16 & joined 1st KRRC
Twice Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig, firstly for Arras 9/4/17 in London Gazette 25/5/17 & again MID London Gazette 8/7/19
Discharged from 2nd KRRC as Company Quarter Master Sergeant 11/9/19
Re-enlisted in 7th 'Leeds Rifles', West Yorkshire Regt T.F. (4523184) on 8/6/20
Discharged as Sergeant 7/6/23
With copy of his Medal Index Card plus a 89 page Digital File of his Soldiers Papers (some duplication)
Condition: NEF
Note: The 2 MID Oakleaves are for illustration purposes only
