The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Brown

Private William Ernest BROWN, TF/1138, 1st/5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died from heat stroke, Jhansi, India, 14th May 1915.

Born Needham Market, Suffolk, son of Cornelius Brown, Capital & Counties Bank & Isabella Brown, Needham Market, Suffolk. Three brothers, two sisters.

Husband of Harriett Amy Brown, 56 East Street, Bromley, Kent / 26 Lansdowne Road, Bromley, Kent.

Child - Winifred May Brown, born 4th July 1907.

Previously served in 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

1911 Census - 44 Simpsons Road, Bromley, Kent - William Ernest Brown, head, age 32, married, porter ironmongers, born Needham Market, Suffolk; Harriett Amy Brown, wife, age 30, married 6 years, 1 child, still alive, born Bromley, Kent; William Walter Cakebread, nephew, age 11, school, born St Pancras, London.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 32, height 5ft 9¾ inches. Resided 44 Simpson Road, Bromley, Kent. Formerly storekeeper.

Home, 13th January 1911 to 28th October 1914; India, 29th October 1914 to 14th May 1915.

13th January 1911, enlisted 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th July 1911 to 6th August 1911, Annual Camp.

27th December 1915, pension awarded of 17/- 6d a week for widow and one child, & 2/6 a week for the period 15th November 1915 to 26th December 1915, being balance of pension due the arrears having been paid by the Regimental Paymaster at the rate of 15/- only.

29th December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Harriett Amy Brown, 26 Lansdowne Road, Bromley, Kent; Child, Winifred May Brown, born 4th July 1907; Father, Cornelius Brown, Capital & Counties Bank; Mother, Isabella Brown, Needham Market, Suffolk; Brothers - Walter Edward Brown, age 45, Brixham, Devon; George Brown, age 36, 50 Lansdowne Road, Bromley, Kent; Albert Victor Brown, Capital & Counties Bank, Needham Market; Sister - Ellen Katherine Brown, age 38, 169 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich.

Buried in Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery, Plot H , Grave 101. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

Commemorated at Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, Face 20, India.

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