BORN HULL, ST JUDES, 22/05/1895. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM & LOUISA ELLEN BROWN, 64a WORTHING STREET, (1911 CENSUS) & 109, CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER AND ELDEST BROTHER, JOSEPH WERE BAKERS. HE WAS A FORMER RAILWAY CLERK AND VAN MAN. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIMAS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 40 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK COMPLEXION, AND DARK BROWN EYES.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY. SERVED AS A GUNNER, WITH THE LOCAL ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SPENT 26 DAYS IN HOSPITAL FROM FEB 1915, WITH A STD. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/09/1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, SOMME. A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, LOUISA.
HE LEFT BROTHERS, JOSEPH NORRIS, ARTHUR GORDON, AND LEONARD BADEN BROWN, AND SISTER, LOUISA NORAH BROWN.
