Private Herbert James Brown

Army Number: 73202 (Formerly 22472, Norfolk Regiment)

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at South Walsham, Norfolk. Son of William Brown, of 18, North Burlingham Green, Norwich. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting on 16th December 1915 at Norwich. He went to France on 18th April 1916 and was transferred to the11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 17th September 1916 and was killed in action, 1st October 1916, age 30, in the attack on the Flers/Le Sars line, France during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Herbert James Brown is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Mary and St. Lawrence’s Church War Memorial, South Walsham, Norfolk.