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Brentford Families - Lack/Brooks from WW1

This is my fathers great uncle. He enlisted underage, in a false name, as his mother would not consent to his signing up. His sisters husband was called George Brooks, they lived in Kensington....that is where the name came from!! His real name was Alfred Walter Lack. The family resided in Wells next the Sea, Norfolk. He died on the first day of the Somme. He had two brothers, both also died in ww1. His mother lost her three boys in the Great War and had the three death plaques. My father says she was always a very sad lady....this may have been why.

So how did a boy from Norfolk come to be included on the Brentford memorial? Emma added the following details: He was commemorated on the memorial in Wells next the Sea, Norfolk too. There he is noted as Alfred Walter Lack. Was the memorial made from names of those who enlisted in Brentford? I know that he went to London to sign up for WW1. His sister, Lily Rebecca Lack married George Brooks in 1913. They were living in Kensington at the time...elsynge road. He enlisted at 16. His brother was also in the army....perhaps he was also training there at the time...just a wild guess!

if you have any ideas please get in touch.

Page published November 2014