BORN BEVERLEY 1884. SON OF CHARLES AND ELLEN BROWN, OF BEVERLEY.
A DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE MARRIED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL, ON 25TH JULY 1914. HUSBAND OF MARY ELLEN KEOGH, AT 63, SEATON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION AND ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. CALLED UP ON 01/02/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 24/02/1917. TRAINED AT ETAPLES, FRANCE. SERVED WITH THE 8TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/06/1917, AGED 33. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 18/07/1917.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL
Kim Semmence writes on 8/11/2015:- This particular man was the husband of Mary Ellen Brown (nee Keogh) and the father of Kathleen M Brown (b1917) and the late
Raymond Brown, who died 3 April 1917 aged 10 months.
