Name
Bert Brown
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/08/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
96136
Royal Field Artillery
8th Div. Ammunition Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
II. G. 8.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
REST WELL BRAVE HEART BY STREAM AND HILL WHERE MANY A HERO'S GRAVE GROWS GREEN
UK & Other Memorials
Cockfosters Village Memorial, Trent Boys School, Barnet Greater London
Pre War
Bert was born in Cockfosters in 1897 (baptised 14 Feb 1897 at Christ Church, Trent Park to George Brown, a labourer, and Mary Ann (nee Cormley). The family were living at Woodside Cottages. Bert had 3 elder brothers, George (born 1887), John (born 1889) and Fred (born 1892). By the 1911 Census Bert was working as a nurseryman, his father had died and John Fred and Bert were living with their mother, still at Woodside Cottages.
Wartime Service
Bert enlisted as Driver 96136 in the Royal Field Artillery. He went to France on 26 Sep 1915 and served with the 8 Division Ammunition Column. On 31 Jul 1917 the Battle of Pilckhem Ridge (Part of the larger Battle of Paschendaele) began. Bert was wounded and was evacuated to 32 Casualty Clearing Station at Brandhoek, Ypres where he died of his wounds on 3 Aug 1917.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £11 and arrears of £3 14s 7d was paid to his mother.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
