BORN HULL 1892. SON OF THOMAS AND SUSANNAH BROWN, OF HULL, (CWGC RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 8TH SEPTEMBER 1914. SERVED A CORPORAL, IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/06/1916, AGED 24.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 23/06/1916. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, NELLIE.
BURIED AT NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “GOD HATH HIM IN HIS KEEPING THROUGH ALL ETERNITY”.
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
9971
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
04/06/1916
Place died:
Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Age:
24
