Brown, L/Cpl William Robert, Highland Light Infantry
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William was the son of William Brown of Avondale, 6 Bridge Street, West Newport. He worked in the office of the Crown Insurance Co. in Dundee. He had attended Newport Higher Grade School and was a keen cricketer.
William was wounded at the Battle of the Somme, 1916 and died 2nd April 1918, aged 22. He is buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery in Northern France.
Poppy made by Clark, Newport School.
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2022Date of coverage
1916Place
Newport-on-Tay, Bridge StreetContributor
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
NOT.1747Format
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Newport (1194)
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