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ARTHUR BROWN
BORN HULL 1879. SON OF EDWARD BROWN, WHO WAS A DEALER.
HE MARRIED MARY BROADBENT, AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, HULL ON 20 JULY 1916. HE WAS AGED 37. HIS WIFE, MARY (BORN 11/11/1871), AGED 45. THEY HAD AN ADOPTED SON, JOHN STANWORTH, BORN 10/04/1916.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201962, IN THE 1/4th EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 30/10/1917, AGED 38.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY, AT 9, SARAH ANN TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (MARRIAGE ADDRESS), AND 35, EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HIS WIFE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 21 SHILLINGS AND EIGHT PENCE, ON 20TH MAY 1918.
Zonnebeke 8980
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