Brown, Herbert Anstead –

Son of Samuel Edward and Elizabeth Alice Brown, of 336, Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly of 37 Ollerton Terrace, Eagley Bank, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1910-1913). Reported missing and subsequently presumed killed.

Personal details

  • Surname: Brown
  • Forename: Herbert Anstead
  • Date of birth: April 24th, 1897
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 19
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: April 23rd, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 7th (Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry) (Service) Battalion.
  • Service number: 17612
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: November 14th, 1914 - 1914-11-14
  • Enlistment location: Manchester, Lancashire
  • Conflict: WW1

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
  • CWGC reference: Bay 6.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 24/12/1915 11/05/1917 11/05/1917 31/08/1917 07/12/1917 26/04/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7c 6f 4d 6c* 4g/6c* S19* 6f
  • Bolton Chronicle: 27/03/1915 24/08/1917 31/08/1917

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