He was assigned to the 166th Battalion, the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, and given regimental number 669746. ![]() He gave his father, John Brooks, of Islington, Ontario, as his next of kin. He was single, a stenographer by occupation, and had no previous military experience. 5 ¿ inches tall, with a fair complexion, light brown eyes, and brown hair. On his attestation form he was described as 5 ft. Percy, as he was known, enlisted at Toronto on 14th January 1916. He was the son of John Thomas Brooks, a gardener from England and his wife, Isabella Jane Curry of Cooksville. Percival Brooks was born July 29, 1895, in Dixie, Toronto Township. When asked to answer their country’s call Though our freedom was bought – and thousands paid! Then said, “Thanks, lady, I’m glad to know.īut your son – did he come back all right?”Īnd if you were me, you’d have done the same:įor our thanks, in giving, if oft delayed, With the tanks and guns and cruel barbed wire,Īnd the mines and bullets, the bombs and fire. (I can see it still in my dreams at night), I’ll be back soon, Mum, please don’t cry.’ He was fine and strong, with a boyish smile,īut he’d seemed with us such a little while When she’d pinned it on, he turned to say Īnd because they did, you and I are free –Īs the years went by, he learned and grew, There remained a smile that refused to fade. ![]() Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there,Īnd her face was old and lined with care
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