Name
Leonard George Brown
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/05/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
43755
Lincolnshire Regiment
6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
III. D. 22.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His home was with his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Brown, at 4, Barker's Cottages, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin. He was born in Hitchin and enlisted there in February 1917.
Before joining the army, he worked for Russell's Tanyard in Hitchin.
Wartime Service
Leonard went to the Western Front in January 1918. He served in the 6th Battalion and was given the Regimental Number 43755. This Battalion was part of the 33rd Brigade in the 11th Division. He fought in several engagements including Cambrai and Albert. He had only been in France for three months when he was gassed at Amiens (Arras may be more likely bearing in mind where he was buried) and he died the following day at a Casualty Clearing Station.
He is buried in the Philosophe British Cemetery, France in Plot 3, Row D, Grave 22.
Additional Information
He had four brothers serving in the armed forces.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
