BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MARY FRANCES BROWN & THE LATE ROBERT BROWN, OF HULL. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVING WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS). SERVED IN EGYPT, BELGIUM AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/06/1918, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY.
HIS ELDEST BROTHER, ROBERT ALFRED BROWN SERVED IN THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TWO OTHER BROTHERS, HERBERT BROWN AND ERNEST DEAN BROWN SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
First name:
JOHN FREDERICK
Regiment:
Military Number:
12/1218
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/06/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
25
