Robert – Brown – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/05/1916

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Title

Robert – Brown – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/05/1916

Initials / forenames

Robert

Surname

Brown

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

21302

Railway department

Witham

Railway job

Platelayer

Date died

18/05/1916

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: July 1916, p186

Memorial

Wimereux Communal Cemetery

Notes

Aged 37, husband of Mrs A Brown of Church St, Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex. He joined the GER on the 14th July 1900. He enlisted on the 27th August 1915. He died from wounds received in action in France. He left a widow and seven children. <br /><br />The GER Magazine reports his age as 38 when he died. It also reports that his regiment was the Essex Regiment, 12th Battalion.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

17/10/2016

Last updated

17/10/2016

Citation

“Robert – Brown – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 18/05/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/60282.