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Surname: BROWN
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Ketton, Rutland
Service No: 34563
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 1st (Peshawar) Indian Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-11-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Robert Kingston Brown (born 20 December 1888) was the son of Emily Ada Brown, the daughter of Mark and Eliza Brown. Emily Ada married Samuel George Easingwood in 1891.
1891 Leicester, Leicestershire Census: 64, All Saints Road - Robert K. Brown, aged 2 years, born Ketton, Rutland, nephew of Samuel G. and Ada Easingwood.
1901 Ketton, Rutland Census: High Street - Robert K. Brown, aged 12 years, born Ketton. [Robert is described as a visitor of Mark and Eliza Brown.
The British Army Service Record for Robert Brown exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Brown, 7861, 1st Bn Lincs.; L/Cpl 34563, 2nd N. Staffs. Disembarkation date: 13.8.14.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Brown, 7861, 1/Linc. R. 34563, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Robert Brown, 34563, 2nd Bn N. Staffs Regt. Date and Place of Death: 14.11.18. Abbottabad. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Ada Easingwood. £67 4s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Robert not found.
Although Robert is commemorated on the Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial he is buried in Abbottabad Cemetery, India.
Robert is commemorated on the Ketton War Memorial and Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
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, Sergeant R., N.S.R., of Skipton, died from influenza, India, Nov. 13, 1918.
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Private Robert BROWN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st (Peshawar) Indian Division
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20 December 1918
BROWN - In loving memory of Sergeant Robert Brown, No. 34563, 2nd North Staffs. Regiment, Abbotsabad, India, who died November 13th, 1918, from influenza.
In the bloom of his life God claimed him,
In the prime of his manhood days;
None knew him but to love him,
None mentioned his name but with praise.
'Belle.'
20 December 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR - SOLDIER DIES FROM INFLUENZA IN INDIA
Miss Daly, of the Fleece Inn, Skipton, received news on December 18 from the Records Office, Lichfield, of the death of her fiancé, Sergeant Robert Brown, of the 2nd North Staffs. Regiment, which occurred at Abbotsabad, India on November 13th from influenza. The gallant soldier was a reservist and was called up on the outbreak of war and went to France as one of the 'Contemptibles'. He was wounded in November 1914, and on recovery was drafted to India where he spent three years. He was well known in Skipton, and was formerly in the employ of the Midland Railway. He was a native of Leicester. We will give a photograph next week.
27 December 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR - Sergeant Robert Brown
We reproduce a photograph of Sergeant Robert Brown, of the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment, who died in India on November 13th last from influenza. Formerly in the employ of the Midland Railway Company at Skipton the deceased soldier was engaged to be married to Miss Daly, of the Fleece Inn, Skipton
12 November 1920
BROWN - In loving memory of Sergt. Bob Brown, 2nd North Staffs. Regt., who died from influenza, at Abbottabad, India, Nov. 13th, 1918.
Only a memory of bygone days
And a sigh for the face unseen,
But a constant feeling that God alone
Knows best what might have been.
R.I.P.
From Belle.
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20 December 1918
In loving memory of Sergeant Robert Brown, No. 34563, 2nd North Staff. Regiment, Abbottabad, India, who died Nov. 13th, 1918, from influenza.
In the bloom of his life God claimed him,
In the pride of is manhood days;
None knew him but to love him,
None mentioned his name but with praise.
"Belle."
27 December 1918
Skipton Sergeant Dies from Influenza
Miss Daly, of the Fleece Inn, Skipton, received news on December 18th, from the Records Office, Lichfield, of the death of her fiancé, Sergt. R. Brown, North Staffordshire Regiment, which occurred at Abbotsabad, India, on November 13th, from influenza. Sergt. Brown was a reservist, and was called up on the outbreak of war, and went to France as one of the 'Contemptibles.' He was wounded in November, 1914, and on recovery, was drafted to India, where he spent three years. He was well-known in Skipton, and was formerly in the employ of the Midland Railway.
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