Frederick William Brooks

Able Seaman

Royal Marines 10126  
Royal Navy 10126 hms Powerful

Royal Navy Service Record

Engaged 18/02/18 for twelve years aged 18 (born 18 February 1900). He was 5ft 7½in, had brown hair, grey eyes and fresh complexion. He had a scar on left cheek and left elbow and a mole in the centre of his chest.
02/01/18 to 20/03/18 Powerful
21/03/18 to 30/04/18 Vivid I
01/05/18 to 11/03/19 Gorgon
12/03/19 to 16/05/19 Gorgon (AB)
17/05/19 to 23/05/19 Vivid I
24/05/19 to 28/02/21 Blenheim (Senator)
01/03/21 to 11/03/21 Undaunted
12/03/21 to 20/06/21 Vivid I
21/06/21 to 05/06/24 Columbine (Voyager)
06/06/24 to 12/11/24 Vivid I
13/11/24 to 31/03/25 Woolwich (Spindrift)
01/04/25 to 30/06/25 Woolwich (Scotsman)
01/07/25 to 30/09/25 Woolwich (Scout)
01/10/25 to 31/12/25 Woolwich (Sardonyse)
01/01/26 to 15/01/26 Vivid II
16/01/26 to 16/04/26 Vivid II
17/04/26 to 30/06/26 Vivid II (Strenuous)
01/07/26 to 23/07/26 Vivid II (Simon)
24/07/26 to 30/09/26 Vivid I
01/10/26 to 01/05/28 Eagle (Fleet Air Arm)
02/05/28 to 03/06/28 Eagle (RAF Ca?)
04/06/28 to 07/06/28 Eagle (FAA)
08/06/28 to 18/06/28 Eagle (RAF Ca?)
19/06/28 Eagle (FAA)

Very good conduct throughout. Paid War Gratuity

Notes
Between 1911 and 1917 Frederick went to Lea Mills as a clerk, after which he joined the Royal Marines, aged eighteen, on 31 December 1917. Two months later on 18 February 1918 he signed up for a twelve year period in the Royal Navy. He remained in the Navy until 1929.



CENSUS INFORMATION

1901: 3 North Street, Cromford

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Mary Brooks Head (widow) 59   Cromford
Clifford James   son 30 Doubler cotton mill Cromford
Annie   daughter in law 24   Bonsall
Frederick   grandson 1   Cromford
Adaline   granddaughter 6   Brimmington

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1911: 3 North Street, Cromford

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Clifford James Brooks Head 39 Warping Cotton Doubling Cromford
Annie   wife 35   Bonsall
Frederick William   son 11 School Cromford
Ivy May   daughter 9   Cromford
Clifford Francis Samuel   son 5 Farm labourer Cromford

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