Private Ernest Brown
Army Number : 4369
Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Sidney and Elizabeth Brown, of 49, Manvers Street, Sneinton, Nottingham. He was a lace factory hand prior to enlisting 4th April 1912 at Nottingham. He went to France 11th November 1914 and was killed in action, 2nd May 1915, by a German sniper, whilst serving in the line near Houplines, France.
Buried : Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 46.
Private Ernest Brown is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.