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William Robert Brown |
CWGC:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 8th Battalion
No: 290139
Date of Death: 24th November 1917
Age: 22
Buried: Jerusalem War Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of William and Jessie Brown, 170 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun.
SNWM:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 8th Battalion
No: 290139
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 24th November 1917
Place of Death: Palestine
SDGW:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 8th Battalion
No: 290139
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 24th November 1917
Place of Death: Egypt
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
William R. Brown, Private, 1st/8th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, Nos. 9064 & 290139. Killed in Action
Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals
Soldiers’ Effects:
William R. Brown, Private, 1st/8th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, No. 290139. Killed in Action in Palestine 24th November 1917.
Mother/Sole Legatee: Jessie
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour:
William R. Brown, Bandsman, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 170 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun.
Listed on Whitehill U.P. Church Memorial, Dennistoun: Private William R. Brown, 8th Scottish Rifles
Glasgow Herald, 17th December 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
Brown – Killed in action on 24th November, Bandsman William Robert (Bertie), Scottish Rifles, British Expeditionary Force, beloved and only surviving son of the late William Brown, draper, Gallowgate and Mrs Brown, 170 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun.
1901 Census, Living t 85 John Knox Street, Dennistoun
Father William Brown, age 65, Assistant Draper, born Inverary
Mother Jessie Brown, age 45, born Glasgow
Children: Mary Brown, age 25, Under Clothing Cutter, born Glasgow
Catherine Brown, age 20, Cigarette Maker, born Glasgow
Jessie Brown, age 21, Cigarette Maker, born Glasgow
Minnie Brown, age 14, Clerkess, born Glasgow
Alena Brown, age 12, born Glasgow
William R. Brown, age 5, Scholar, born Glasgow