Military Service
Service Number: 2181328
Age: 37
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 78th Bn.
John was the eldest of three children born to Elizabeth and Robert Brown. John lived at the family home, 3 Fenwick Grove, with his two younger sisters, Alice and Isabella.
He was educated at the King Edward VI School and trained to be a solicitor with George & Francis Brumell of Morpeth. John went on to work for the Newcastle practices of Dees & Thompson and Leadbitter & Harvey.
From a young age he is said to have identified as an agnostic and a liberal in politics when as an accomplished public speaker he frequently addressed political meetings. He was Secretary of the Morpeth Liberal Society and also a member of the Newcastle Liberal Club.
In addition to his activities in politics he was a keen bellringer at Morpeth. A picture of him on taken on Aug 9, 1902 on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII hangs in Morpeth Clock Tower. John joined the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers in 1906.
In Apr 1912 John emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada aboard the White Star Line ship SS Megantic. He embarked at Liverpool and arrived in Portland, Maine, on Apr 26, 1912 a mere eleven days after the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic. From Portland he travelled on to Winnipeg in Manitoba where he resided at 87 Smith Street. He served his articles with MacDonald, Craig, Tarr & Ross where he is reputed to have been a skilled solicitor and barrister.
On May 11, 1917 he married Ruby May Richardson of 211 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, California. On May 29th, he enlisted into the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) of the Manitoba Regiment of Canadian Infantry. His battalion left for the U.K. from Halifax, Nova Scotia on Nov 24, 1917.
The Battalion arrived in Liverpool on Dec 7, 1917 and embarked for France on Apr 29, 1918 from Sleaford. The Battalion was involved in the 2nd Battle of Arras and on Sep 2 (John's 38th birthday) they were involved in the first part of the "Scarpe Operation". During exchanges of fire he was wounded in the leg and while making his way to the dressing station was fatally shot in the stomach by enemy machine gun fire. He died almost immediately.
John left behind his wife who was six months pregnant at the time. Their daughter, Dorothy Lee Brown, was born on Feb 27, 1918. He never got to see his wife again nor ever meet his daughter.
John is remembered on a family marker here at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard but he is buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery in France. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.
Service Number: 2181328
Age: 37
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 78th Bn.
John was the eldest of three children born to Elizabeth and Robert Brown. John lived at the family home, 3 Fenwick Grove, with his two younger sisters, Alice and Isabella.
He was educated at the King Edward VI School and trained to be a solicitor with George & Francis Brumell of Morpeth. John went on to work for the Newcastle practices of Dees & Thompson and Leadbitter & Harvey.
From a young age he is said to have identified as an agnostic and a liberal in politics when as an accomplished public speaker he frequently addressed political meetings. He was Secretary of the Morpeth Liberal Society and also a member of the Newcastle Liberal Club.
In addition to his activities in politics he was a keen bellringer at Morpeth. A picture of him on taken on Aug 9, 1902 on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII hangs in Morpeth Clock Tower. John joined the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers in 1906.
In Apr 1912 John emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada aboard the White Star Line ship SS Megantic. He embarked at Liverpool and arrived in Portland, Maine, on Apr 26, 1912 a mere eleven days after the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic. From Portland he travelled on to Winnipeg in Manitoba where he resided at 87 Smith Street. He served his articles with MacDonald, Craig, Tarr & Ross where he is reputed to have been a skilled solicitor and barrister.
On May 11, 1917 he married Ruby May Richardson of 211 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, California. On May 29th, he enlisted into the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) of the Manitoba Regiment of Canadian Infantry. His battalion left for the U.K. from Halifax, Nova Scotia on Nov 24, 1917.
The Battalion arrived in Liverpool on Dec 7, 1917 and embarked for France on Apr 29, 1918 from Sleaford. The Battalion was involved in the 2nd Battle of Arras and on Sep 2 (John's 38th birthday) they were involved in the first part of the "Scarpe Operation". During exchanges of fire he was wounded in the leg and while making his way to the dressing station was fatally shot in the stomach by enemy machine gun fire. He died almost immediately.
John left behind his wife who was six months pregnant at the time. Their daughter, Dorothy Lee Brown, was born on Feb 27, 1918. He never got to see his wife again nor ever meet his daughter.
John is remembered on a family marker here at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard but he is buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery in France. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.
Military Service
Service Number: 2181328
Age: 37
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 78th Bn.
John was the eldest of three children born to Elizabeth and Robert Brown. John lived at the family home, 3 Fenwick Grove, with his two younger sisters, Alice and Isabella.
He was educated at the King Edward VI School and trained to be a solicitor with George & Francis Brumell of Morpeth. John went on to work for the Newcastle practices of Dees & Thompson and Leadbitter & Harvey.
From a young age he is said to have identified as an agnostic and a liberal in politics when as an accomplished public speaker he frequently addressed political meetings. He was Secretary of the Morpeth Liberal Society and also a member of the Newcastle Liberal Club.
In addition to his activities in politics he was a keen bellringer at Morpeth. A picture of him on taken on Aug 9, 1902 on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII hangs in Morpeth Clock Tower. John joined the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers in 1906.
In Apr 1912 John emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada aboard the White Star Line ship SS Megantic. He embarked at Liverpool and arrived in Portland, Maine, on Apr 26, 1912 a mere eleven days after the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic. From Portland he travelled on to Winnipeg in Manitoba where he resided at 87 Smith Street. He served his articles with MacDonald, Craig, Tarr & Ross where he is reputed to have been a skilled solicitor and barrister.
On May 11, 1917 he married Ruby May Richardson of 211 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, California. On May 29th, he enlisted into the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) of the Manitoba Regiment of Canadian Infantry. His battalion left for the U.K. from Halifax, Nova Scotia on Nov 24, 1917.
The Battalion arrived in Liverpool on Dec 7, 1917 and embarked for France on Apr 29, 1918 from Sleaford. The Battalion was involved in the 2nd Battle of Arras and on Sep 2 (John's 38th birthday) they were involved in the first part of the "Scarpe Operation". During exchanges of fire he was wounded in the leg and while making his way to the dressing station was fatally shot in the stomach by enemy machine gun fire. He died almost immediately.
John left behind his wife who was six months pregnant at the time. Their daughter, Dorothy Lee Brown, was born on Feb 27, 1918. He never got to see his wife again nor ever meet his daughter.
John is remembered on a family marker here at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard but he is buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery in France. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.
Service Number: 2181328
Age: 37
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division: 78th Bn.
John was the eldest of three children born to Elizabeth and Robert Brown. John lived at the family home, 3 Fenwick Grove, with his two younger sisters, Alice and Isabella.
He was educated at the King Edward VI School and trained to be a solicitor with George & Francis Brumell of Morpeth. John went on to work for the Newcastle practices of Dees & Thompson and Leadbitter & Harvey.
From a young age he is said to have identified as an agnostic and a liberal in politics when as an accomplished public speaker he frequently addressed political meetings. He was Secretary of the Morpeth Liberal Society and also a member of the Newcastle Liberal Club.
In addition to his activities in politics he was a keen bellringer at Morpeth. A picture of him on taken on Aug 9, 1902 on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII hangs in Morpeth Clock Tower. John joined the Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers in 1906.
In Apr 1912 John emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada aboard the White Star Line ship SS Megantic. He embarked at Liverpool and arrived in Portland, Maine, on Apr 26, 1912 a mere eleven days after the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic. From Portland he travelled on to Winnipeg in Manitoba where he resided at 87 Smith Street. He served his articles with MacDonald, Craig, Tarr & Ross where he is reputed to have been a skilled solicitor and barrister.
On May 11, 1917 he married Ruby May Richardson of 211 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, California. On May 29th, he enlisted into the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) of the Manitoba Regiment of Canadian Infantry. His battalion left for the U.K. from Halifax, Nova Scotia on Nov 24, 1917.
The Battalion arrived in Liverpool on Dec 7, 1917 and embarked for France on Apr 29, 1918 from Sleaford. The Battalion was involved in the 2nd Battle of Arras and on Sep 2 (John's 38th birthday) they were involved in the first part of the "Scarpe Operation". During exchanges of fire he was wounded in the leg and while making his way to the dressing station was fatally shot in the stomach by enemy machine gun fire. He died almost immediately.
John left behind his wife who was six months pregnant at the time. Their daughter, Dorothy Lee Brown, was born on Feb 27, 1918. He never got to see his wife again nor ever meet his daughter.
John is remembered on a family marker here at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard but he is buried at Dury Mill British Cemetery in France. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.
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