Name :
Frank Brown. Son of Frank Brown and Selina Brown (née Tomes), of Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Born 1895, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Census Information 1901 : Frank and Selina Brown, with their family, are shown at 2 Cliff Cottages, Clarendon Road, Shanklin. His occupation is given as Groom (Domestic). 1911 : The family are at the same address. Frank Brown, aged 15; occupation is given as Apprentice Cabinet Maker. Service details : Gunner 155840 Frank Brown, 56th Bty. 34th Bde. Royal Field Artillery Casualty details : Date of Death : 26 September 1917 aged 22. Buried at : Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium. CWGC record ... Commemorated on these Memorials : Shanklin War Memorial Shanklin St Blasius' Church Shanklin St Saviour's Church Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Newspaper cuttings :
Isle of Wight County Press 13 October 1917 :
BROWN - Sept 26, killed in action in France, Gr. F. Brown, R.F.A. son of Mr and Mrs F Brown, Whitecliff, Queens-road, Shanklin, aged 22. |
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