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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: September 1914
  • Place of enlistment: Kinghorn
  • Service no: 2291
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 23
  • Date of Death: 03/06/1915
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VI.E.22.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: St Andrews
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Office Worker, Fife Coal Company, Leven, Fife
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Ramsay Brown, 3 Easson’s Angle, Dundee

  • Father:

    William T. Brown, 3 Easson’s Angle, Dundee

  • Siblings:
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  • Children:

More about Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown   2291   Black Watch

BROWN―Killed in action in France, Private Andrew Brown 2291, age 23 years, youngest son of William T. Brown, 3 Easson’s Angle, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 8th June 1915

1/7th BLACK WATCH MAN KILLED IN ACTION.

A letter from Captain Wallace announced the death of Private Andrew Brown, one of his platoon.  Deceased was a native of Dundee.  His parents reside in Easson’s Angle.  Brown went to Leven some time ago, and was engaged in the Fife Coal Company’s offices.  With four companions he enlisted in September.

Dundee People’s Journal 12th June 1915

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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