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Alexander M. Brown

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Alexander Brown

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 2631
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 10.03.1915
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Le Touret Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 24 to 26

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 20 Hilltown, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mrs Brown, 54 Hilltown, Dundee

  • Father:

    James Brown, 54 Hilltown, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Mary E. Brown

  • Spouse:

    Jane lightbody Brown

  • Children:

    Marrion, born 15.01.1914

More about Alexander M. Brown

Alexander has no known grave but is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial.

Alexander M. Brown   2631   Black Watch

BROWN―Killed in action in France, on the 10th March 1915, 2631 Private Alexander M. Brown, the dearly beloved husband of Jane M’Kendrick, aged 24 years. – Inserted by his loving wife and only child, also his sorrowful sister, Mary E. Brown, and his father and mother, Mr, and Mrs Brown.

Dundee People’s Journal 3rd April 1915

Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell, pension record image courtesy of WFA

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