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Samuel Forsyth Brown

In memory of:

Private Samuel Forsyth Brown

September 22, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

163537

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 7, 1890

Son of Alexander and Sarah Jane Brown, of Workington, Cumberland, England; husband of Kathleen Violet Brown, of 220, Robson St., Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 208 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 22.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death– 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 897 of 1128
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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