Private John Brown

Army Number: 70733

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

Born and lived at Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Husband of Jessie Brown. He enlisted at Ashbourne and was killed in action, 26th October 1916, whilst in the line near Trones Wood, France during the Battle of the Somme. 

Buried : A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, France. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 27.

A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, France.

Private XXXXXX XXXXXXX is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Oswalds Church War Memorial, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
Ashbourne Memorial park Gates War Memorial, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.