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William Brown | |||
| Rank: | Driver | Number: | 70237 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 10th Div. Amm Column | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Royal Field Artillery | ||
| Died: | 23/10/1915 | Age: | 18 |
| How Died: | Died | ||
| Country of burial: | France | Grave Photo: | Yes |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Villers-Bocage Communal Cemetery Extension | ||
| Town Memorial: | Stretford | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
Born in 1897. Too many William Brown's to be able to define which one.
1901 Census - 46 Ross Street, Salford. Son - aged: 4 - born: Manchester.
Head of household - Arthur Brown - Married - aged: 35 - occ: Dock
Labourer - born: Higher Broughton. Also - Mary Brown - Wife - aged: 35 -
born: Hawarden, Cheshire. Plus 4 siblings.
1911 Census - 84 Lacy Street, Stretford. Son - aged: 14 - occ: Errand
Boy - born: Manchester. Head of household - Arthur Brown - Married -
aged: 44 - occ: Shunter on Railway at the Westinghouse Works (Metro-Vics) -
born: Manchester. Also - Mary Brown - Wife - aged: 44 - born: Hawarden,
Cheshire. Plus 5 siblings.
Employed at Metro-Vickers as he is commemorated on their memorial.
Ammunition Column. Died of Pneumonia.
10th Division was at Gallipoli ?????
Commemorated on the private family gravestone in Stretford Cemetery.
M.I. "Though Far Away, thy Grave to See, Yet not too far to Think of Thee".
(Stretford Cemtery).
M.I. - "Thy will be done O'Lord". (Villers-Bocage Cemetery, Somme,
France).
His father, Arthur died 31/08/1929 aged 62 and his mother, Mary died
04/06/1932 aged 66.
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| Memorials found on: | |||
| Metro-Vickers (Trafford Park) | |||
| St. Matthew's (Stretford) | |||
| Victoria Park School | |||
| Stretford Borough Memorial Book | |||
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