Private John William Brown

Army Number: 266509 (formerly 4823)

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

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of William and Lizzie Brown, of 9, Saxon Place, Alfred Street, Nottingham. He was a bookbinder prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 26th September 1917, aged 23, during the attack near Vlamertinghe, Belgium.

Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private John William Brown is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Andrew’s Church War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

His brother Private Percy Brown, 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment also fell in the Great War.