The Bowes Museum Brown Alfred

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Name:

Alfred Brown

Casualty No.:

Initials:

Service No.:

1672

Date of Birth:

1894

Place of Birth:

Morley, Evenwood Barony

Age at Death:

Ranks:

Private

Unit:

1st/6th D.L.I

Teesdale Township:

Staindrop

Place Enlisted:

Home Address:

Front Street, Staindrop

Civilian Employment:

Miner

Cause of Death:

Kiled in Action

Date of Death:

05-January-1916

Place of Death:

Butte de Warlencourt

Battles & Campaigns:

Battle of the Somme

Locally Commemorated:

St Mary's Church, Staindrop Plaque

UK Commemorated:

St. Mary's Church, Staindrop Plaque

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Warlencourt British Cemetery, France Grave Ref: V111.B.7.

Decoration and Medals:

Service :

Army

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

The December 1916 Parish Magazine recorded his death.

Family Details:

Alfred was the son of James & Annie Brown of Front Street, Staindrop. He was born in Morley in Evenwood Barony where he & his father & brother Joseph were miners.

Notes:

He joined the 6^th Durham Light Infantry in 1914 & served in France & Flanders. He was killed in action on 5^th November, 1916 aged 22 & is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery.

Images:

Death Certificate;

Sources:

Local Memorials: www.newmp.org.uk; Teesdale Townships: Teesdale Poor Law Union 1914; Ranks: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Service Number: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Unit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Date of Death: Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Buried: Commonweaith War Graves Commission; Date of Death Day: www.cwgc.org; Date of Death Month: www.cwgc.org; Date of Death Year: www.cwgc.org; Place of Death: Evenwood Remembers by Kevin Richardson; Age at Death: Evenwood Remembers by Kevin Richardson;