Henry Charles Edward Browne

A Trooper with the 48th Regiment, Henry died on 6th September 1944 aged 35. 

Henry was born at Corton on 7 January 1908, a son of Charles and Nellie Jane Browne. In 1911 his family lived at Bullock Fare Yard, Harleston. Henry’s father died in 1914 and in 1921 Henry. And his mother and siblings, were living with his grandparents, Henry and Jane Smith, at 63 Oxford Road, Lowestoft.  

On 23 September 1931 Henry married Isabella Burwood Allerton at Saint Margaret’s Church. Henry was a milk roundsman living at 63 Oxford Road and Isabella was a beatster living at 57 Sussex Road. By 1939 they were living at 3 Sterry’s Cottages, London Road, Pakefield, and Henry was a milk roundsman for the Co-operative Society. 

On 31 August 1944 Henry’s regiment, as part of 21 Tank Brigade, began supporting the Canadian attack on the Gothic Line. Henry was wounded and died of his wounds. It is probable that he was at a Casualty Clearing Station at Ancona when he died.