The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T C Brown

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Private Thomas Charles BROWN 241880, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 5315, The Buffs), died of wounds, 54 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 17th March 1918, age 38.

Born Fulham, SW, son of Harry and Mary Brown, of Westminster, London.

4th April 1904, St Andrews, Westminster, married Eveline Martha Hunt, of 258, Whiteacre Road, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne.

Children - Thomas Henry Brown, (Hunt), born 10th September 1903, Lambeth; Percival James Brown, born 24th November 1908, Wandsworth; Caroline Mary Brown, born 26th November 1910; Ivy Ada May Brown, born 11th March 1915, Hanover Square.

1911 Census - 12 Graveney Road, Tooting - Thomas Charles Brown, head, age 30, married, general labourer, brewery, born Westminster, London; Eveline Martha Brown, wife, age 35, married 7 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Westminster, London; Thomas Henry Brown, son, age 7, school, born Westminster, London; Percival James Brown, son, age 2, born Tooting; Eveline Caroline Mary Brown, daughter, age 4 months, born Tooting; Frances Galleymore, visitor, age 22, single, kitchen maid, restaurant, born Chelsea, London.

Enlisted Piccadilly, W, age 35, height 5ft 2 inches. Resided 26 Peabody Buildings, Orchard Street, Westminster, Middlesex. Formerly labourer.

Home 9th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 17th March 1918.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 26th September 1916, mobilized; 26th September 1916, posted 5th Battalion, The Buffs, Service No. 5315; 29th September 1916, transferred 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

1st December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Eveline Martha Brown, 258, Whiteacre Road, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne; Children - Percival James Brown, Eveline Caroline Mary Brown, Ivy Ada May Brown, all living at 258, Whiteacre Road, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne.

Buried at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, I.C.55., Nord, France.

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