BORN HULL 1899. SON OF HENRY BROWN (1862-1928) & SARAH JANE RIPLEY (1865-1934), OF 53, LILAC AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A SLATER AND TILER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/11/1915. SERVED WITH 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/10/1918, AGED 19.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER HENRY. HE LEFT OLDER BROTHERS, ERNEST, ARTHUR AND JOHN BROWN.
BURIED AT GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “OUR LOVED ONE TILL WE MEET AGAIN”
First name:
HERBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
204227
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/10/1918
Place died:
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
19
