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Alfred John Brown

1893 - 15/09/1916
Alfred John Brown
Source: Bromley & District Times
CWGC Cemetery: Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont
Other Memorials: St John's Church, Bromley

Place of birth: Bromley. Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 5 Wharton Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Ship: 1st/4th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 204012

Family information

Parents: William Henry & Marie Brown (nee Hudd)
Parents' occupation: House painter
Siblings: Beatrice Barber, Florence Ada, William Henry, Albert Edward, Annie Lydia, Maud May, Francis John (d), Minnie Frances Harriet, Archibald Stanley, Ethel Constance
Relatives on War Memorial: BROWN, S.A.
Wife: Agnes May Wheatland
Marriage date: 1915

Census information

1901
Address: 23 North Road
1911
Address: 23 North Road
Occupation: Fishmonger

Extra details

Alfred was born in 1893, in Bromley, the 8th child of William and Marie Brown of 5 Wharton Road. He attended Wharton Road School before working in the fish department of Messrs. Howard's Stores, Bromley.

Alfred enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment in June 1916 but was afterwards attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers, going to the front in August that year. A month later, on 15th September , he was hit by a shell and died instantly.

Alfred had married Agnes May Wheatland in 1915. His brother Archibald Stanley also died.


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