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Second Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM BROWN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

III. C. 21.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John and Theresa Brown, of 2, Nowell Wind, Harehills Lane, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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