Private Horace William Brown

Army Number: 268990

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Pinxton, Derbyshire and lived at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Son of Thomas and Fanny Brown, of 22, Bishop Street, Melton Mowbray; Husband of Edith Augusta Brown, of 4, School Gardens, Norman Street, Melton Mowbray. He was a railway clerk prior to enlisting at Nottingham.  He was Killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 28, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Horace William Brown is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. mary’s Church War Memorial, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
Egerton Lodge War Memorial, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
Royal British Legion War Memorial, Keswick House, Mowbray, Leicestershire.