(Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour)
BROOKS, ROWLAND CAUSER, 2nd Lieutenant I /6th Battn. The Manchester Regt (T.F.), 2nd s. of Buckley Brooks, of The Manor House, Hale Barns, Co. Chester, by his wife, Anna, daughter of Henry Causer, of Melbourne, Victoria ; b. Cheetham, Manchester, 12 April, 1892 ; educated Merton House, Penmanmaur, and Dean Close, Cheltenham ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2/6th Battn . Manchester Regt. .31 Oct. 1914 ; joined the 1st Battalion. in Egypt early in 1915, and proceeded with it to the Dardanelles. He was killed in action, whilst leading his men in the famous charge at Krithia on 4 June, 1915, from which only five officers and less than 200 men returned out of the 6th Battn.
CWGC
He ws the son of Buckley and Anna Maria of the Manor House, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey and gallipoli
