Private Walter Brawn
Army Number: 15327
Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born in Manchester and lived at Tinsley, Yorkshire. Son of Martin Jeffery Brawn and Susan Brawn, of 101, Plumpers Road, Tinsley. He was shovel shearer’s assistant prior to enlisting at Sheffield. He went to France on 27th August 1915 and died of wounds, 21st January 1916, aged 21.
Buried : Sailly-Sur-La-Lys Canadian Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 53.
Private Walter Brawn is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Tinsley Infant and Junior School War Memorial, Tinsley, Yorkshire.