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Brown J W Lt Royal Field Artillery

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Brown J W Lt Royal Field Artillery

BROWN, JAMES WESTHALL, Lieut., 3rd Highland (Howitzer) Brigade,Royal Field Artillery, s. of the late James Denholm Brown, of 34, Margaret Street, Greenock, Scotland: b. Greenock, 18 Sept. 1885; edue, Collegiate School there: Technical College, Glasgow, and at Glasgow University; joined the R.F.A. 2 Oct. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4 Dec. 1914; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force until Nov, 1915, and had command of a battery of four guns at Suvla Bay until the withdrawal. Returning to Port Said. he volunteered for special services in connection with the Royal Air Force, and took his first flight 26 Feb. 1916, afterwards qualifying as Observer. He returned to England and obtained his Graduation Certificate, completing his course 4 Jan. 1917, when he was appointed Pilot; he served with the B.E.F. from 21 March, 1917, and was killed in action near Arras 14 May, 1917. Buried in the Beaurains Road British Cemetery, near Arras, Major E. Gosage, R.A.F., wrote: “He was employed at artillery observation when he was attacked by a hostile machine, and was apparently killed in the air, as his machine fell in our lines. The hostile machine dived at them seven times, and although they put up a plucky fight he was too much for them.. Your son has done exceedingly good work with the Squadron; he was one of the type which we can ill afford to lose; all the officers in the Squadron tender to you their sincere and heartfelt sympathy.” Unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown J Pte 25516 6th Black Watch

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BROWN, JOHN, Private, No. 25516, 1/6th (Territorial) Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 2nd s. of John Brown, of Acha, Balvicar, near Oban, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of John McDougall; b. Kilmodan, co. Argyll, 14 June, 1897; educ. Higher Grade School, Tarbert; was Head Ploughman at Finlarig, Perth joined the Royal Highlanders 28 May, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 16 Sept. 1918, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station 25 Oct. following, of wounds received in action at Selle the previous day; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown H C Cpl 43186 6th Dorset Regiment

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BROWN, HENRY CECIL, Corpl., No. 43186, 6th (Service) Battn. The Dorsetshire Regt., only s. of John Henry Brown, of Thornleigh, Church Drive, Daybrook. Hosiery Manufacturer, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of John Clarke, of Rookwood Road, Nottingham: b. Syston, co. Leicester, 19 June, 1890; educ. Elin Bank School. Nottingham was a Farmer; joined the Army Veterinary Corps 17 April, 1916; served at Woolwich, and subsequently at Bulford and Lulworth: transferring to the 6th Dorsetshire Regt., he served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1918, and died at No. 18 Chicago General Hospital, Camiers, 5 Nov. following, of influenza, contracted while on active service. Buried at Etaples. He m. at St. Paul’s. Daybrook, 4 Feb. 1918. Olive Blanche Crosbey, dau. of Frederick Johnson. and had a son. Leslie Cecil. b. 11 May, 1918.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown F Pte 20612 15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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BROWN, FRANK, Private, No. 20612, 15th (Service) Battn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt.. s. of Edward Thomas Brown, of Lynedale, Cliffe Grange, Higher Broughton, Manchester, by his wife, Sarah Dewhurst, dau. of Mary (and Peter) Ridyard; b. Rochdale, co. Lancaster, 3 Nov. 1896; educ. Spotland School there was employed at the Bradford Dyers’ Association; enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regt. 4 Jan. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec., taking part in the fighting at Vimy Ridge in April, 1917, and at Oppy Wood in the following month, when he was blown up, being rendered unconscious, and was taken prisoner, and employed for eighteen months behind the enemy’s lines, and died, a prisoner of war, in hospital, at Ohligs, Germany, 17 Oct. 1918, of Spanish influenza. Buried in the Civilian Cemetery, Ohligs; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown F E Rfn 553823 16th London Regiment

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BROWN, FRANK EDMUND, Rifleman, No. 553823, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Brown, of Rushton, Cressingham Grove, Sutton, by his wife, Henrietta Rose: b. Catford, co. Kent, 6 March, 1898; edne. St. Peter’s College, Brockley, S.E.; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in Nov. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1917, and died a prisoner of war at Valenciennes 1 Jan. 1918, of wounds received in action near Cambrai 30 Nov. previously. Buried at Valenciennes; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown E W Pte 11309 1st Royal Fusiliers

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BROWN, ERNEST WILLIAM, Private, No. 11309, 1st Battn. (7th Foot) The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), s. of Charles William Brown, of Ilopton, Thetford, by his wife, Mary; b. Shepdham, co. Norfolk, 27 Sept. 1885; educ. Council School there; was a Butcher; enlisted 31 May, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec.; was reported missing after the fighting at Ypres 31 July, 1917, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or since that date. He m. at Shipdham, 26 Dec. 1908, Zoraida (Church Road, Brandon, co. Suffolk), dau. of Arthur Eastick, and had three sons: Alec Charles, b. 4 April, 1910; Stanley Eastick, b. 24 Sept. 1912, and Ernest Frank, b. 2 July, 1917.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown D Pte 200616 4th Royal Scots

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Brown D Pte 200616 4th Royal Scots

BROWN, DONALD, Private, No. 200616, 1/4th (Territorial) Battn. (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of the late Thomas Brown, of 15, Graver Lane, Clayton Bridge, Manchester, Grocer and Sub-Postmaster, by his wife. Eleanor Margaret, dau. of John Lewis, of Rhayader; b. Clayton Bridge, Manchester.co. Lancaster, 2 Sept. 1898; educ. Brookdale Park School, Newton Heath; was an Apprentice Salesman; joined the Royal Scots 17 Nov. 1914, at the age of 16; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli from 23 May, 1915, being present at the second landing there; after the evacuation. of the Peninsula he was sent to Egypt, and took part in the Palestine Campaign; was wounded near Jerusalem in Nov. 1917; in the following April he was sent to France, and was killed in action at Boiry Becquerelle. south-east of Arras, 25 Aug. 1918. Buried in Spinny Ave Trench, near Boiry Becquerelles. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a gallant and fearless soldier, and was killed while gallantly chasing the Bosches during the taking of the Hindenburg line.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Brown D A Cpl 52792 2nd Highland Light Infantry

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BROWN, DAVID ALISON, Corpl., No. 52792, 2nd Battn. (74th Foot) The Highland Light Infantry, s. of David Todd Brown, of Kingsbarns, co. Fife, Station Master, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Johnstone; b. Shettleston. Glasgow, 16 Oct. 1898; educ. Boachills Public School, and Madra College. St. Andrew’s: was a Clerk employed by a firm of Dundee manufacturers; enlisted 17 Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 16 March. and died at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station 25 Aug. 1918, from wounds received in action at Behagnies on the 23rd of that month. Buried in the Bagueux British Cemetery, south-west of Doullens. Corpl. Brown was congratulated by Major-General C. E. Pereira, C.B., C.M.G., for his bravery and leadership, though wounded in the attack on Behagnies; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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

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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

Brown C A Captain Royal Engineers

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Brown C A Captain Royal Engineers

CLIVE ANDREWS BROWN was born in Glasgow on the 26th June, 1890, and died on service at the Military Hospital, Shorncliffe, on the 7th November, 1918. He was a Captain and Adjutant in the Royal Engineers (T.F.).
Educated at Dulwich College, he later studied engineering science at King’s College and University College, London, and at the Crystal Palace School of Engineering. He applied himself to municipal work before joining the forces, acting as Resident Engineer on the South Norwood sewage-disposal works.
He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution in December, 1917.

Source : The Institution Of Civil Engineers Memorial Volume 1914-1919

Born 26th June, 1890. After leaving the College he studied engineering at King’s and University Colleges, and while there served in the London University Officers Training Corps. At the outbreak of war he went into training with the London Scottish (14th Battalion London Regi-ment), having joined them when he left University College. In September, 1915. he obtained his commission in the 3/1st London Royal Engineers (T.F.). being stationed at Esher. In June, 1916, he was promoted Lieutenant and a year later was appointed Adjutant with acting rank of Captain at Canterbury, where he remained until taken ill in October. It was always a source of regret that he was never able to join his younger brother in France, but he was not passed fit for General Service and passed all his time at home, where he did much useful work up to the time of his death on 7th November, 1918, at the Military Hospital, Shorncliffe. He was buried at Bandon Hill Cemetery.

Source :  Dulwich College War Record 1914-1918

 

BROWN, CLIVE ANDREWS, A.Μ.Ι.Ο.Ε… Capt. and Adjutant, C.R.E. Kent Force. Canterbury, elder and only surv. s. of George Andrews Brown, of Croydon and brother to Capt. H. A. Brown (q.v.); b. Glasgow, co. Lanark, 26 June, 1890; edue. Dulwich College, and University College, London, where he was a member of the O.T.C.: joined the London Scottish in in Sept. 1912: was called up on mobilization 4 Aug. 1914; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3 1st London Divisional Royal Engineers (T.F.) in Sept. 1915: promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1916, and Capt. and Adjutant, June, 1918; served with the C.R.E. Kent Force at Canterbury from June, 1918, and died at the Military Hospital, Shorncliffe, 7 Nov. following, of pneumonia following influenza. Buried in Brandon Hill Cemetery, Croydon. His Major wrote: “Clive did a tremendous lot of hard work for me, which I shall always remember, and I am indeed sorry that he has not been spared to share the national rejoicings for that great victory for which he truly and faithfully worked so hard, although he did not go to the front,” and the Chaplain: “I miss your son very much. He was just the kind of man I should have been proud to have called friend, and to be so called.” A brother officer also wrote: “Though he was debarred from coming out here, on medical grounds, he has given his life for our great cause, just as truly as though he had died on the field of battle. We who have been privileged to know him intimately and to work with him, realize this. I shall always remember him affectionately as a good friend, a genial comrade, and as an officer who always sacrificed himself entirely to a thoroughly high sense of duty.” He m. 17 April, 1915, Winifred Edith, dan. of Richard Cowan, of Newhaven, and had a dau.. Maureen Andrews, b. 21 July, 1917.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5