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Gerald Brown

Details

Forename Gerald
Surname Brown
Middle Name Brindley
Memorial Standish and Wigan Cenotaphs
Age 26
Address Mere Oaks, Boars Head, Wigan
Parents' Address as above
Township Standish
Rank Lieutenant
Occupation or place of work Student at Oxford University
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Batt
Day of Death 21
Month of Death April
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Died of pernicious malaria
Place of Burial Jerusalem Memorial
Regiment Number
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Awarded MC.
Studied in France. Appointed to Soudan Civil Service.
Brother Frederick also killed

Ref; CWGC, Ancestry, WO 27/4/18