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Surname: BROWN
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 16231
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Cheshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 13th (Western) Division
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1916-04-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 14 and 62.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Brown was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Brown, née Bancroft. Joseph was born at Earby, Yorkshire and Elizabeth at Burnley, Lancashire.
1891 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 127, Rectory Road - Earnest Brown, aged 7 years, born Burnley, son of Joseph and Elizabeth A. Brown.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 18, Bank Street - Ernest Brown, aged 17 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of Joseph and Elizabeth A. Brown.
Ernest was married to Clara Hartley Gledhill in 1906.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 18, Bank Street - Ernest Brown, aged 27 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, husband of Clara Brown. [Ernest and Clara were living with his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Brown.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl Ernest Brown, 16231, Ches. R. Theatre of War first served in: (2B) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 5.9.15. K. in A. 5.4.16.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Ernest Brown, 16231, 8/Ches. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Cpl Ernest Brown, 3/16231, 8th Bn Cheshire Regt. Date and Place of Death: 5.4.16. In action Mesopotamia. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sole legatee - Miss Jane Dickinson. £13 16s 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: L/Cpl Ernest Brown, 16231, 8th Cheshire. Date and cause of death: 5.4.16. K. in A. Dependant: Miss Jane Dickinson (Now Mrs Jane Knight). Address: 6, Turner Street, Barnoldswick. Relationship to soldier: Unmarried wife.
A short biography of Ernest is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BROWN, Corporal Ernest, of the Cheshire Regiment, and formerly of Barnoldswick, killed in action in France April 6, 1916.
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L/Corporal Ernest BROWN

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cheshire Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 13th (Western) Division
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