No.13251, Private, Herbert BROWN
Aged 22
Herbert Brown was born in Withersfield (Risbridge Q2-1894 4A:686) son of Eli and Sarah Hannah BROWN (née CARTER).
1901 census...Aged 6, he was at Barrack Row, Withersfield with his widower father Eli BROWN,[51] a farm labourer born Withersfield; his brothers David [23], Walter [20] both farm labourers, and Ernest [14] a houseboy; sisters Eliza [18] and Clara [16],these all born in Thurlow; brothers John [10], and Sidney [2]; sister Mary [4], all born in Withersfield. His brother Arthur William [8] was at another Barrack Row address, a boarder with Robert EVERETT, his wife Harriet and their son Alfred. His mother had died earlier in 1901. 1911 census...Aged 17, a farm labourer, he was at Barrack Row, Withersfield with his father Eli BROWN [63] farm labourer; brothers John [21] (farm labourer) and Arthur William [19] a soldier. CWGC have the address later as Hollow Hill Cottages, Withersfield. His brother Arthur William, also in the Suffolks, died in Belgium in 1915 see here |
He enlisted in Haverhill.
The war diary says they were in front line trenches at Mazingarbe. The 2 killed and 7 wounded (2 at duty) were transport personnel billeted at Les Brebis and were killed by a hostile shell falling on the lines about 12:30 am. The other man killed was Lance Corporal F Fitch from Cavendish.
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