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FRANK BROWN

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Rank
Private
Regiment
MACHINE GUN CORPS INFANTRY 23RD COMPANY
Military Number
87837
Address
156 Albert Avenue
Kingston upon Hull HU3 6QA
England
Background

BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS RICHARD & JANE ANN BROWN, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A POSTAL MESSENGER. ENLISTED IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE CORPS. DIED OF INFLUENZA IN ITALY, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT BORDIGHERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ITALY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "EVER IN THOUGHT BEYOND RECALL FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER & FATHER".

UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/10/1919.

Date Died
30/10/1918
Died
Bordighera British Cemetery, Italy
Age
22
Memorial
Montée du Souvenir
Menton 6500
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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