BORN WARNE 1897. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BROWN & ADELAIDE SPIVEY, FROM WAWNE. BROTHER TO DOROTHY, FRANK, WALTER AND WINIFRED. HE WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT, IN BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN BRIDLINGTON. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/04/1917, AGED 20. BURIED AT ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN WILLIAM.
HE WAS ONE OF TWO MEN LOST FROM WARNE IN WW1 & HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL. *
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
141055
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
04/04/1917
Place died:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
