Pioneer 129610 Amos Henry FAIRBROTHER

3rd Provisional Company, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Previously Pte 4641 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Died at home in Chelsea, September 1916, after being discharged from 3rd London Military Hospital with lung disease on 20th May 1916, age 19

Burial unknown

Awarded British War and Victory Medals

Son of Thomas and Jane Fairbrother (nee Randle)

Links to Relevant information

Royal Engineers

Other Information

Born 1st April 1897, Nuneaton

Attended Queen’s Road and King Edward VI Grammar schools

1901 census, living at 34 Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton with his parents, siblings and grandmother

Employed as a clerk at Coventry Railway Station with London and North West Railways

Enlisted 10th November 1915, Warwick

Amos’ unit was one of four volunteer companies set up to use chemical weapons in response to the German use of chlorine gas