Name
Herbert Brown
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/06/1918
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
28967
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Giavera Memorial
Italy
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Bushey Town Memorial, St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey
Pre War
Born in Gunness, Lincolnshire in about 1885, Herbert Brown was the son of Thomas Brown, a labourer, and his wife Annie Elizabeth Brown. Herbert grew up in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and in 1901 was employed as a mineral water bottler. On 1 January 1916, he married Ruby Hoar, who lived at 57 Park Road, Bushey at St James’ Church.
Wartime Service
Herbert enlisted at Windsor as Private S4/140064 with the Royal Army Service Corps and later served as Private 28967 with the 1st/5th Battalion of the Warwickshire Regiment. He fought in France and Flanders and then in Italy, where he was killed in action on 15 June 1918. He is remembered with honour at the Giavera Memorial in Italy.
His pension record shows that a grant of £5 was paid on 18/07/18 and a pension of 13/9 per week with effect from 13/01/19.
He is commemorated on the Bushey Memorial and at St James’ Parish Church.
Additional Information
Information provided with the kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
