Private George William Brown

Army Number: 87900

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of William and Jane Brown. Husband of Florence Brown, of Main Street, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.  He was a butcher prior to enlisting 5th June 1917 at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He went to France on 7th December 1917 and was killed in action, 27th August 1918, during the attack on 3 lines of German trenches, to the west of Oppy, France. 

Buried : La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Pot 4. Row B. Grave 8.

Private George William Brown is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St, Mary Magdelen War Memorial, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.
Royal British Legion War Memorial, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.
Keyworth Playing Fields Memorial, Gates War Memorial, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.
St. Lawrence’s Church War Memorial, Gotham, Nottinghamshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.