Brown C E E Rfn 99400 5th King’s Liverpool Regiment

Brown C E E Rfn 99400 5th King’s Liverpool Regiment

BROWN, CHARLES ERNEST EDWARD, Rifleman, No. 99400, 1/3th (Territorial) Battn. The King’s (Liverpool Regt.), 2nd yr. s. of Echoim Brown, of Old Mill Farm, High Hurstwood, Farmer, by his wife, Alice, dau. of the late John Heath; b. High Hurstwood, co. Sussex, 4 April, 1899; educ. Church of England School there was an Under-Gardener, in the employ of Hon. H. B. Portman, Borschell Park; joined the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battn. 20 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 15 April, 1918, being transferred to the 5th Liverpool Regt.; was gassed and wounded 8 June following, and sent to hospital: rejoined his battalion in Aug., and died at No. 51 Casualty Clearing Station 22 Oct. of the same year, of wounds received in action at Lille the previous day. Buried in Estaires Cemetery; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5