BROWN, WILLIAM JOHN, Private, No. 20373. Princess Louise’s (Argyil and Sutherland Highlanders), attd. 1/14th (Service) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 3rd s. of Alexander Brown, of Annfield, Letham, co. Forfar, Farmer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of James Saddler; b. Letham aforesaid, 7 April, 1889; educ. Craichie and Letham Public Schools; assisted his father in the work of his farm; enlisted 22 Dec. 1916: left England for Egypt 16 April, 1917, and was drowned 4 May following, on H.M.S. Transylvania, when that ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Buried in Zinola Cemetery, Savona, North Italy; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 3