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Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Service Number |
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BROWN |
Harold |
Acting Major(Previously Captain and Brevet Major) |
N/A |
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Place of birth |
Age |
Regiment |
Date of death |
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Bournemouth |
39 |
5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regt. Attached and Commanding Officer of 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regt. |
Sat. 23rd Mar. 1918 |
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Last known military action |
Location of death |
Cause of death |
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Battle of St. Quentin (start of the 1918 German Spring Offensive) |
Killed in action |
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Cemetery/ Memorial |
Plot/Panel |
Country |
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Pozieres Memorial |
31 and 32 |
Belgium |
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Known family |
Family details |
Town of origin |
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Husband of Dorothy J.E. Brown. Son of G.W. Brown. |
Linkfield, 61 West Ave. |
Filey |
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Decorations |
UK memorials commemorated on |
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Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order & Croix de Guerre with palm. |
Filey town memorial, St. Oswald’s church memorial |
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Notes |
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Has no known resting place. Wife resided at Kingston Lodge, Bristol after his death and he has a bronze figure commemorating at the Yorkshire Regt. memorial, Sledmere.Memorial photo and Service dress photo available. Detailed history available. |
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