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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Leicestershire Regiment
Division:
2nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Grenfell, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 25, 1915
Loos, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 15.
Additional information
Son of James Wheelton Brown and Beatrice K. L. Brown, of Greenfell, Saskatchewan. Graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario.
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Grave marker
947 Lieut Miles Wheelron Brown (RMC 1912) was the son of James Wheelton Brown and Beatrice K. L. Brown, of Greenfell, Saskatchewan. He was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. He served with the Leicestershire Regiment Division: 2nd Bn. He died Sep 25, 1915 in Loos, France. He was buried in Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: CWGC ARCHIVE -
Stained Glass Window
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 947 Lieut Miles Wheelron Brown (RMC 1912) was the son of James Wheelton Brown and Beatrice K. L. Brown, of Greenfell, Saskatchewan. He was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. He served with the Leicestershire Regiment Division: 2nd Bn. He died Sep 25, 1915 in Loos, France. He was buried in Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. -
Plaque
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 947 Lieut Miles Wheelron Brown (RMC 1912) was the son of James Wheelton Brown and Beatrice K. L. Brown, of Greenfell, Saskatchewan. He was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. He served with the Leicestershire Regiment Division: 2nd Bn. He died Sep 25, 1915 in Loos, France. He was buried in Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. -
Memorial Stairs
Royal Military College, Kingston Ontario -
Memorial Arch
Royal Military College, Kingston Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of October 5, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11902190/Daily-Telegraph-October-5-1915.html
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Miles Wheelron Brown
RUE-DU-BACQUEROT No.1 MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Laventie is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Armentieres and 11 kilometres north of La Bassee. Leave Laventie on the D174 at the junction with the D169, which is 2 kilometres from the church. Turn right, cross the D173 and continue straight on for another 1.5 kilometres, then turn right into the farmyard. The cemetery is straight in front of you.
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