Lance Corporal 372 Edward Brown
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps -
Theatre of War: Home
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 20th of November 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancashire
Resided: St Helens
Burial / Memorial: Sutton St Nicholas and All Saints Churchyard - B. C. 31
Family details:
Son of Ellen Brown, of 67 Peasley Cross Lane, St Helens. A miner for Sutton Heath & Lea Green Collieriers Co Ltd.
Census details:
1901: Edward Brown (age 9) living at 5 Greenough Street, St Helens, with adopted parents Henry J Morecroft (age 35, coal miner hewer) and Ann Morecroft (age 41), their niece Elizabeth Wilkinson (age 22) and servant Mary Howard (age 15). 1911: Edward Brown (age 19, coal hewers filler) living at 13 Peasley Cross Lane, St Helens, with uncle Henry John Morecroft (age 46, miner), aunt Ann Matilda Morecroft (age 52) and their niece Ada Fober (age 7).
Notes:
Discharged on 8 April 1915 due to tubercle of lung. Did not serve overseas. Not commemorated by CWGC.
Discharged on 8 April 1915 due to tubercle of lung. Did not serve overseas. Not commemorated by CWGC.
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[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/3560_BROWN_INSCRIP.JPG[/pic][caption]The grave of Edward Brown at Sutton (St Nicholas and All Saints) Churchyard
(Photos courtesy of Paul Charlesworth)[/caption]