Edwin Henry Brown
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Corporal 32520
Parents: Henry and Bessie (nee Godwin) Brown
Marital status: Single
Home address: Pendennis Avenue, Staple Hill, Bristol (1901 Census). Yinishir, Rhondda (1911 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Soldier
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 21/07/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 25
Further information:
At the time of the 1911 census, Edwin was a serving Soldier, and his family lived in Yinishir, Rhondda (his father and brothers were coal miners, but all born in Mangotsfield)
Edwin Henry Brown served with the 99th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery and was Killed in Action on 21/07/17
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis