The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Brown

Photograph by "Soilsister"

Private William Edward BROWN, 242405, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died whilst a Prisoner of War, France and Flanders, 26th October 1917, age 41.

Born Barnsbury, London, son of Sarah Ann Brown, 4 Manse Road, Stoke Newington, N.

Home 14th November 1916 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 26th October 1917.

Enlisted Taunton, Devon, age 40, height 5ft 7¾ inches, weight 129lbs. Resided 4 Manse Road, Stoke Newington, N. Formerly book sellers assistant.

14th November 1916, enlisted; 16th November 1916, posted 4/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment, Service No. 9397; 11th March 1917, transferred to 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1917, embarked Folkestone; 12th September 1917, disembarked Boulogne; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 12th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1917, joined Battalion; 26th October 1917, posted missing; 26th October 1917, dead when admitted to the Feldaz, regarded as died whilst a Prisoner of War, at Lanwe, Belgium

Brother of Mrs. Flora Ellen Chant, of 115 Auckland Road, Ilford, Essex. Born at Stoke Newington, London.

30th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Sarah Ann Brown, 108 Perth Road, Ilford, Essex; Sister, Mrs. Flora Ellen Chant, age 40, 108 Perth Road, Ilford, Essex.

Commemorated at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, II.D.4., Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers died in the Great War show his service No. as 242405, CWGC show it as 242425.

This page was last updated on 19-May-2017.