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Private James Brown

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Private James Brown Veteran

Birth
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
Death
12 May 1916 (aged 31)
France
Burial
Fricourt, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
IV. G. 10.
Memorial ID
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He was a Private in the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Service Number 33038. He was killed in action in France, aged 32 yrs. He is buried here but he is also commemorated on the family grave in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester, England (MEMORIAL ID 197572624) and also on the war memorials in St Marys-Without-the Walls Church, Handbridge, Chester and in Chester Town Hall. In 1911 James lived at 33 Spotted Row, Burntwood, Buckley with his wife Edith and children Edith Mary and Hilda May. James is commemorated on the Buckley War Memorial at Hawkesbury, and on the flintshirewarmemorials website.

https://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/memorials/buckley-war-memorial/buckley-soldiers/james-brown/



He was a Private in the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Service Number 33038. He was killed in action in France, aged 32 yrs. He is buried here but he is also commemorated on the family grave in Overleigh Cemetery, Chester, England (MEMORIAL ID 197572624) and also on the war memorials in St Marys-Without-the Walls Church, Handbridge, Chester and in Chester Town Hall. In 1911 James lived at 33 Spotted Row, Burntwood, Buckley with his wife Edith and children Edith Mary and Hilda May. James is commemorated on the Buckley War Memorial at Hawkesbury, and on the flintshirewarmemorials website.

https://www.flintshirewarmemorials.com/memorials/buckley-war-memorial/buckley-soldiers/james-brown/




Inscription

33038 Private
J. BROWN
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
12th May 1916



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  • Maintained by: Chris Kemp
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56394237/james-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Private James Brown (30 Aug 1884–12 May 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56394237, citing Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by Chris Kemp (contributor 47865401).