Name
Arthur Joseph Brown
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/04/1917
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14949
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock, St Margaret's Church Memorial, Bygrave, Not on the Hitchin memorials
Pre War
Born Hitchin. Resident Bygrave. Enlisted Royston.
Wartime Service
The Hertfordshire Express reports in an article of the 9th of June 1917 that Mr and Mrs Brown have received a letter containing the sad news of Arthur's death, their eldest son.
J. P. Kingdon, an officer of the Beds. Regiment, wrote: "It is with the greatest sorrow that I have to inform you that your son, Private A. T. Brown, is reported killed in action. Your son was Lewis gunner, and so came under my notice. He was a keen soldier and a smart man, and his loss to the battalion is great. How much more then, must you feel it? I can only hope that the thought that he died fighting for his country gallantly to the end, will bring you some consolation in your trouble. I can only add that his loss has affected me personally very greatly, and I hope you will accept my deepest sympathy."
Additional Information
Son of Mr B. and Mrs. Ada Brown, of Bygrave, Baldock, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
