Private Alfred Brown

Army Number: 267355 (formerly 6310)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Pilsely, Derbyshire and lived at Tibshelf, Derbyshire. Son of William H. and Ada Brown, of High Street, Tibshelf, Derbyshire. He was a butcher prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was attached to the 46th Heavy Trench Mortar battery and was killed in action 22nd July 1917, aged 25.

Buried : Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 23.

Private Alfred Brown is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary’s Church Lynchgate War Memorial, Pilsley, Derbyshire.
St. John the Baptist Church War Memorial, Tibshelf, Derbyshire.