Brown A G Lt 3rd Attd 10th Northumberland Fusiliers
Lieutenant ALAN GEORGE BROWN,
3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, was the son of Mrs. G. Brown, Stockton-on-Tees, and was born in 1894. He entered the School House in September, 1906, and was in the XI. from 1908 to 1911. He played in the XV. of 1911, and was a Monitor. He left in December, 1911, and was employed with Messrs. Feetham and Grieveson, Newcastle, until the war broke out. In September, 1914, he enlisted in the 21st (Public Schools’ Battalion) Royal Fusiliers, and served in France and Flanders from the Autumn, 1915, till April, 1916, when he came home to qualify for a commission. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant, 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers, in August, 1916, and joined the 10th Battalion of that Regiment in France in February, 1917, where he served until the Battalion was moved to Italy in Noveniber, 1917. He served in Italy from that date until the 27th October, 1918, when he was killed while crossing the River Piave during an attack. He was mentioned in despatches.
During his time at the School A. G. Brown was prom-inent as a slow, left hand bowler, and took many wickets in the four seasons in which he was a member of the XI. In 1911 he took 60 wickets at a cost of 14-3 runs each-an excellent average for a slow bowler.
Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919