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Military service
Service number:
426557
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Enlistment:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
May 8, 1917
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Son of Thomas Brown and the late Isabella Brown, of Liverpool, England.
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left Liverpool for a life of adventure in Canada. He joined up in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, 46th Battalion, in April 1915. He was sent to fight in France. He seemed to have survived Vimy Ridge and died at Fresnoy, in the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan) Regiment, 28th Battalion. He had two sisters, Isobella & Agnes and a half-brother William, who was 8 yrs.old in 1917 when Richard was killed. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 845 of 1128
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Sergeant Richard James Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Richard James Brown
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Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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