Brown, George
Age: 26
Date of birth: Q3 1889
Parents: John and Clara Brown
Wife: Alice Elizabeth Brown nee Chambers
Address: 7 Joyce Pool, Warwick
Occupation: Career Soldier
George was born Qtr3 1889 in Hinckley to parents John & Clara Brown.
The 1911 census shows George as a soldier at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield.
He married Alice Elizabeth Chambers in Warwick during Quarter 3 1912. The couple already had a daughter, Nellie Chambers who had been born on 28th June 1905. They had a further daughter, Alice Lilian on 27th March 1913.
The 1915 Spennell’s Trade Directory shows George’s widow as ‘Mrs Brown, book sewer, living at 7 Joyce Pool’.
Application for George to be included on the Warwick War Memorial but the applicant is not recorded:
George’s widow, Alice died in Warwick in November 1921 and is buried in Warwick Cemetery
Military Service
Rank & Number: Private, 1002
Regiment/Service: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 22nd Brigade, 7th Division
Date of death: Saturday, October 31, 1914
Cause of death/Battle: Killed in Action - Battle of Gheluvelt
Commemorated/Buried: Menin Gate
Awards: 1914 Star and Clasp, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at:
Theses two items appeared in the Warwick Advertiser on 26th June 1915, eight months after George’s death.
Contributors
- Unlocking Warwick Research Group
- Warwick Advertiser excerpt and Shrine Application courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office
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