Private Vincent Brown
Army Number :2607
Battalion :7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Son of James and Jane Elizabeth Brown, of Old Basford, Nottingham. He was a draper’s assistant prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France 28th June 1915 and was killed in action, 20th April 1916, aged 20, whilst serving in the line near Mont St. Eloi, France.
Buried :Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 6.
Private Vincent Brown is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Leodegarius Church War Memorial, Basford, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.