Jesse Charles Brown
Memorial: Tytherington - St James's Church
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 97563
Parents: George and Charlotte Brown
Home address: Tytherington, Falfield, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Fireman on a crane in the local limestone quarry
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Tytherington, Glos
Date of death: 23/11/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery (Ref. II. C. 12.), Manacourt, Somme, France
Age: 26
Further information:
Jesse Charles Brown was born at Baden Hill, Tytherington, to parents George and Charlotte Brown. Jesse was brother to Silas, Edward and Minnie. He was one of 8 children but only 5 still living. On the 1911 census he was listed as 19 years of age and a firemen on a crane in the local limestone quarry. His father George, was a butcher's labourer in a butcher's shop
Jesse was a Private in the 108th Company Machine Gun Corps Infantry, he died in November 1917 at Somme in France and is commemorated at the Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manacourt, Somme, France
The 108th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps joined the 108th Brigade 36th Ulster Division on 26th January 1916. The 36th Ulster Division took over the front line in Spring. In 1916 the Division suffered heavily on the first day of the Battle of the Somme where they attacked Thiepval. In 1917 they were in action at the Battle of Messines, capturing Wytschaete and in the Battle of Labgemarck during the third battle of Ypres and the Cambrai Operations where the Division captured Bourlon Wood
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Tytherington Roots Forces War Records and CWGC