BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM BROWN (1850-1907) AND ALICE SUSAN BALCKBURN, OF 36 ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE MARRIED ESTER VICKERS (1888-1962), AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN JULY 1911. HIS WIFE ESTHER & TWO DAUGHTERS, LIVED AT 27 FRODSHAM STREET, MARFLEET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, IN MARFLEET, HULL. JOINING AS PRIVATE, 20549, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 32ND MACHINE GUN CORPS. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/03/1918, AGED 30.
HE IS BURIED AT BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ESTHER.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/03/1919.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
120191
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/03/1918
Place died:
Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
30
