MATTHEW+BROWN

Brown, Matthew, Private, 45717, 5th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Previously served with 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry  Born Burgh Wallis, Yorks  Enlisted Chesterfield  Died accidentally 16th July 1918, aged 35  Son of Mrs Maria Burley (nee Brown); husband of Mrs Clare Ellen Brown (nee Cole), of Chesterfield, Derbyshire  Buried in Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, France, Grave Reference: 4 B 49 Originally buried in Premontre Asylum Military Cemetery, Grave 59, Map Reference: 70D.O.11.d.8.9. Reburied on 13th March 1923 Identified by the cross on the grave, pieces of khaki and General Service buttons  His upper and lower dentures were forwarded to Base 1911 Census An assistant grocer Stepson of John Burley, a coal miner holer, and son of Maria Burley, of 27, Canal Wharf, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

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