The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G W Brown

Private George William BROWN, G/5387, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, on or since, 26th September 1915.

Born Wittlesea, Cambridgeshire,

8th June 1903, St Marks, New Brompton, married Agnes Lily Ingram, spinster.

Children - Alice Lily Brown, born 27th December 1903, Whittlesey; Thomas Harold Brown, born 21st April 1904, Gillingham; William George Brown, born 15th October 1905, Gillingham; Doris Edith Brown, born 29th August 1908, Dartford; James Arthur Brown, born 25th June 1910, Dartford; Phyllis Martha Mary Brown, born 11th October 1913.

1911 Census - 1 Austin Cottage, Austin Square, High Street, Greenhithe, Kent - George William Brown, head, age 32, married, labourer cement works, born Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire; Agnes Lily Kate Brown, wife, age 29, married 8 years, 5 children all still alive, born Sittingbourne, Kent; Alice Lily Brown, daughter, age 8, born Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire; William George Brown, son, age 5, born Gillingham, Kent; Doris Edith Brown, daughter, age 2, born Greenhithe, Kent; James Arthur Brown, son, age 9 months, born Dartford, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 35years & 289 days, height 5ft 5¼ inches, weight 144lbs. Resided 46 The Creek, Northfleet, Kent / 5 College Road, Northfleet, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 9th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

9th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1915, embarked; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, Pas De Calais, France.

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