John Brown was the son of John and Christina Brown. John was born in Belfast about 1882. John Brown enlisted in Glasgow. Corporal John Brown was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action on 13th May 1916. He was 34 years old. Corporal John Brown is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery. The CWGC record Corporal Brown as the son of John and Christina Brown, of ‘Mabarafelt, Co. Antrim’. This is assumed to be Magherafelt, County Londonderry.
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John Brown was the son of John and Christina Brown. John was born in Belfast about 1882.
John Brown enlisted in Glasgow.
Corporal John Brown was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action on 13th May 1916. He was 34 years old.
Corporal John Brown is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi.
Corporal Brown is commemorated on the WW1 Plaque on the War Memorial in Cambuslang Park. Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow.
The CWGC record Corporal Brown as the son of John and Christina Brown, of 'Mabarafelt, Co. Antrim'. This is assumed to be Magherafelt, County Londonderry.
The CWGC also record that John was the husband of Agnes Brown, of 4 Glenpark Terrace, Eastfield, Cambuslang, Glasgow.
