BORN HULL 1892. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM TOMAS & ELIZA BROWN, OF 13 CENTRAL STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED JANEY HAWKSLEY, IN HULL, IN APRIL 1915, & LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). A FORMER BOOK-BINDER FOR MESSRS. GODDARD, WALKER & BROWN, SILVER STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 22. HAROLD NEVER SAW HIS SON HAROLD, BORN ON 25/09/1915. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, JENNIE, AT 142 ROSEMEAD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE LATER EMIGRATED TO NEW ZEALAND.
HE WAS KILLED WITH HIS FELLOW WORKMATE, PTE, THOMAS HUDSON, 9th WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON THE SAME DAY AT GALLIPOLI. THEIR DEATHS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BOTH REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 10TH SEPTEMBER 1915. *
ALSO LISTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/08/1916 & 21/09/1915.
