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William Ernest Brown
1878 - 14/05/1915
Source: Bromley & District Times
Place of birth: Needham Market, Suffolk
Last known address in Bromley: 26 Lansdowne Road
Last known address in Bromley: 26 Lansdowne Road
Military information
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Royal West Kent RegimentBattalion/Ship: 5th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: (TF/1138)
Family information
Parents: Cornelius & Isabella BrownParents' occupation: Carpenter & bank caretaker
Siblings: Ellen, Alice, Walter Charles, Catherine Isabella, George, Albert Victor
Wife: Harriet Amy Cakebread
Marriage date: 1905
Children: Winifred May
Census information
1891Address: Needham Market
1901
Address: 23 Newbury Road
Occupation: Ironmonger's assistant
1911
Address: 44 Simpsons Road
Occupation: Porter - ironmongers
Extra details
William was the fourth of Cornelius and Isabella's seven children. By 1901 he and his brother George had moved to Bromley both being employed as ironmonger's assistants. In 1905 he married Harriet Amy Cakebread, they had one child.
William enlisted in the West Kent Reserves on 13th January 1911, he was 5ft 9¾ins tall. On 29th October he embarked for India where he died of heat stroke on 14th May 1915, his wife was awarded a pension of 17/-6d per week.
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