Private Frederick Brown

Army Number: 1480

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal Born and lived at Brimington, Derbyshire. Son of Charles and Ellen Louisa of 99 Coronation Road, Brimington. He was a pipe moulder and an engine driver prior to enlisting 4th September 1911 at Brimington. He went to France on 28th February 1915 and was killed in action, 15th August 1915, whilst serving in the line near Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.

Private Frederick Brown is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Michael and All Angels Church War Memorial, Brimington, Derbyshire.
Brimington War Memorial Gates, Broom Gardens, Brimington, Derbyshire.