BROWN+G.+(BELPER)

Brown, George, Air Mechanic 1st Class, 78600, 22nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Aged 21 Died of wounds 21st August 1917 Son of Edwin & Elizabeth Brown, of 5 Short Street, Belper Buried in Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave Reference: III B 12 Medal Roll 78608 Royal Flying Corps Previous Service Number: 6461, King’s Royal Rifle Corps George enlisted in July 1915 and served with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps until he was wounded at Ypres. He returned to England and spent 8 weeks at the Wharncliffe Hospital in Sheffield. On returning to France he was transferred to the 22nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and suffered bullet wounds to the head on 19th August 1917 when the Bristol F2b aeroplane he was travelling in was shot up. 1911 Census George Brown Born Belper, Derbyshire A coal miner ganger Son of Elizabeth Brown, a dairy farmer, of Bullsmoor Farm, Nottingham Road, Belper, Derbyshire **Belper** **Back to Memorial** **Belper, St John's Chapel** **Back to Memorial** **Belper, St Peter's Church** **Back to Memorial**