The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Brown

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Private George BROWN, G/1990, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Flanders France, 30th May 1917.

Born Marden, Kent, son of William & Emily Jane Brown, 5 Railway Cottages, Marden, Kent.

1911 Census - Railway Cottages, Marden, Kent - William Brown, head, age 56, married, platelayer, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, born Hartfield, Sussex; Emily Jane Brown, wife, age 51, married 27 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Marden, Kent; George Brown, son, age 23, single, carpenter, born Marden, Kent; *Percy Brown, son, age 17, single, under gardener, born Marden, Kent; #Ernest Harold Brown, son, age 11, school, born Marden, Kent; Charles James Brown, son, age 8, school, born Marden, Kent.

* Percy Brown, Private, Buffs (East Kent) Regiment, G/8758, died 4th August 1916.

# Ernest Harold Brown, Private, Queen's (RoyalWest Surrey) Regiment, G/66810, died 7th September 1918.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 26 years, 277 days, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 125lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. Formerly chauffeur.

Home 8th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF 26th July 1915 to 30th May 1917.

8th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd May 1917, reported missing.

11th July 1917, reported on German list by Geneva as died 30th May 1917, as Prisoner of War.

18th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, William Brown, 5 Railway Cottages, Marden, Kent; Mother, Emily Jane Brown, 5 Railway Cottages, Marden, Kent; Brothers - Charles James Brown, age 16, 5 Railway Cottages, Marden, Kent; William John Brown, age 42, Little Mill Farm, Marden, Kent; Sisters - Nancy Taylor, age 33, Mill House, Great ????, Kent; Emily Elizabeth Smith, age 29, 7 Castle Terrace, Rye, Sussex; Daisy Ellen Martin, age 23, 18 Lion Street, Rye, Sussex.

Buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XXIV.A.3., Pas de Calais, France.

Marden War Memorial

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