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Milford Brown

Private
World War One


Milford's memorial on his family grave at Haworth cemetery (Click for a larger view in a new window) (42067 bytes)


Close up of the inscription on Milford's memorial, on his family grave at Haworth cemetery (Click for a larger view in a new window) (42232 bytes)


Milford is buried in France (see below), but is remembered on a family grave in Haworth Cemetery on Cemetery Road, just off West Lane.
The memorial inscription reads:
Milford, their son, killed in action April 15th 1918 aged 29 years.

 Please contact me, Andy Wade with any information.

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:

MILFORD BROWN 
Nationality: United Kingdom 
Rank: Private 
Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) 
Unit Text: 1st/6th Bn. 
Age: 29 
Date of Death: 12/04/1918 
Service No: 300159 
Additional information: Son of Mary and the late Hargreaves Brown; husband of Laura Brown, of 4, Mona St., Peel, Isle of Man. 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead 
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85 and 162A 
Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL