George William Brown

A Sapper, George died on the 28th of March 1915 at the age of 27.

George was born at Oulton in 1888, a son of Samuel and Anna Brown of 7 Fir Lane, Lowestoft.

George enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment, at Great Yarmouth, and had service number 6430. At some point he transferred to the Royal Engineers, with service number 19721.

George arrived in France with the 15th Field Company Royal Engineers on 5 November 1914. In early 1915 George was wounded and his name appears in the official casualty list dated 15 March 1915. George was evacuated to England and treated at the 3rd General Hospital, Wandsworth, where he died, of his wounds, on 28 March 1915.