Alfred Amos Brown

A Second Hand with H.M. Drifter George V, Alfred died on 3rd June of 1917 at the age of 34.

Alfred was born at Sotterley, on 18 August 1882, a son of Amos and Ellen Brown. In 1891 his family were living at 2 Kiln Road, Sotterly, but by 1901 they had moved to London Road, Kessingland, and Alfred had begun work as a fisherman.

In 1901 Alfred married Mary Eliza Beamish. By 1911 they were living at 4 Witley Road, Pakefield. Later they lived at Carlton Road but it seems that after Mary's death, in 1914, Alfred and children went to live with his parents who were now living at Russell Cottages, Kessingland.

Alfred remarried and his second wife lived at Dover. 

Alfred joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 27 January 1915 and was a Second Hand on H.M. Trawler 'George V'. Alfred died when the trawler was sunk by a mine on 3 June 1917. Eight of the crew were killed and one wounded. 

Alfred's brother-in-law, Ernest Beamish, served in the Royal Naval Reserve, and died in 1915. His brother-in-law, Thomas Read, served in the Royal Naval Reserve and died in 1917.