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Leonard Brown | |||
Rank: | Private | Number: | 14816 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 63rd Coy | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Machine Gun Corps (Inf) | ||
Died: | 01/07/1916 | Age: | 19 |
How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
Country of burial: | France | ||
Cemetery or Memorial: | Thiepval Memorial | ||
Town Memorial: | Mobberley | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Born during the September quarter 1896 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref: 8a/155, the son of Alfred & Sarah Brown (nee Brown). 1901 Census - Spring Gardens, Mobberley. Son - aged: 4 - born: Mobberley. Head of household - Alfred Brown - Married - aged: 31 - occ: Hay Cutter - born: Mobberley. Also - Sarah Brown - Wife - aged: 30 - born: Mobberley. Plus 4 siblings and 1 aunt. 1911 Census - Brownedge Cottages, Stubbs Lane, Mobberley. Son - aged: 14 - occ: Poultry Keeper - born: Mobberley, Cheshire. Head of household - Alfred Brown - Married - aged: 42 - occ: Hay Cutter - born: Mobberley. Also - Sarah Brown - Wife - aged: 41 - occ: Laundry Work - born: Mere, Cheshire. Plus 4 siblings. Employed as a Poultry Worker. Formerly 11772 - Lancashire Fusiliers. The 17/09/1915 edition of the local newspaper reports that he had been charged at the Knutsford Court with being AWOL from 'B' Coy 21st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers since the 11th September. His address was given as Spring Gardens, Mobberley. He was remanded in custody to await an escort back to his barracks. Commemorated in The Mobberley Parish Council's Booklet - "1914-2014, Remembering the Men from Mobberley who went to War for their Country" - per Alistair MacLeod. |
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