Son of George and M. A. Brown, of 28, Darley Grove, Farnworth, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly 20th Hussars and West Yorkshire Regiment. before attending cadet school and obtaining commission. Reported missing and presumed drowned when the transport Transylvania was torpedoed off the Italian coast.
Brown, John (Jack) –
Personal details
- Surname: Brown
- Forename: John (Jack)
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 26
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 4th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 3rd (Regular Reserve) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Royal Welsh [Welch] Fusiliers
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- CWGC Memorial: Savona Memorial, Italy
- CWGC reference: Not known
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7c
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 18/05/1917 08/06/1917 06/07/1917 16/11/1917 23/11/1917 28/12/1917