William Westrope Brown

BROWN, WILLIAM WESTROP

Rank: Squadron Corporal Major
Service No: 3372
Date of Death: 10/09/1918
Age: 40
Regiment/Service: Guards Machine Gun Regiment 1st/1st Life Guards Bn.
Grave Reference: III. D. 24.
Cemetery: TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Additional Information: Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Son of the late Thomas Brown, of Wellington St., Newmarket; husband of Dorothy F. Brown, of 50J, Lewis Buildings, Ixworth Place, Chelsea, London. Served in the South African War.
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Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919

• First Name: William Westrop
• Initials: W W
• Surname: Brown
• DOB: Circa 1878
• Age: 40
• Birth Town: Shelford, Cambridge
• Resided Town: Ascot, Berkshire
• Nationality: British
• Date of Death: 10/09/1918
• Fate: Died of Wounds
• Information: LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, CROIX DE GUERRE (BELGIUM). SON OF THE LATE THOMAS BROWN, OF WELLINGTON ST., NEWMARKET; HUSBAND OF DOROTHY F. BROWN, OF 50J, LEWIS BUILDINGS, IXWORTH PLACE, CHELSEA, LONDON. SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
• Rank: Squadron Corporal Major
• Service Number: 3372
• Duty Location: France And Flanders
• Service: British Army
• Regiment: Guards Machine Gun Regiment
• Battalion: 1st/1st Life Guards Battalion (Why is this important?)
• Commemorated: France
  

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• First name(s) William W
• Last name Brown
• Service number 2051, 3372
• Rank Warrant Officer Class 2
• Corps 1st Life Guards, Guards Machine Gun Regiment
• Service record Soldier Number: 2051, Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2, Corps: 1st Life Guards
• Service record 2 Soldier Number: 3372, Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2, Corps: Guards Machine Gun Regiment
• Archive reference WO372/3
• Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
• Country Great Britain
• Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1549355
• Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
• Category Armed forces & conflict
• Subcategory First World War

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