The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant E C Brown

Photograph by "Len"

Second Lieutenant Edwin Charles BROWN, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 10th August 1918, age 30.

Son of Samuel and Grace Brown, of Watch House Farm, Smarden, Kent.

1911 Census - Watch House Farm, Smarden, Kent - Samuel Isaac Brown, head, age 60, married, farmer, born Tenterden, Kent; Grace Brown, wife, age 59, married 34 years, 13 children, 10 still alive, born Biddenden, Kent; Arthur S Brown, son, age 29, single, farmers son, assisting on farm, born born Tenterden, Kent; Percy J Brown, son, age 27, single, farmers son, assisting on farm, born born Tenterden, Kent; Edwin C Brown, son, age 24, single, grocers assistant, born Tenterden, Kent; Ruth R Brown, daughter, age 18, single, farmers daughter, dairy work, born Smarden, Kent; Annie M Brown, daughter, age 16, single, farmers daughter, dairy work, born Smarden, Kent; Grace F Brown, daughter, age 4, born Egerton, Kent; William Barton, servant, age 16, mate with horses on farm, born Smarden, Kent.

Husband of Elsie E. Brown, of Strood, Kent.

East Kent Regiment, Lance Corporal 4168, posted BEF 23rd December 1915.

Buried at Pernois British Cemetery, IV.C.4., Halloy-les-Pernois, Somme, France.

External link to Smarden War Memorial

London Gazette 28th November 1917.

War Office, 28th November, 1917. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned temporary 2nd Lieutenants (attached), unless otherwise stated, are transferred to Service Battalions with seniority from 29 August 1917:

Royal West Kent Regiment - Edwin Charles Brown.

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