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Colour Serjeant EDWIN ALBERT BROWN

Service Number: 5577498
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1946

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. L. Grave 699.

United Kingdom

5577498 Colour SERJEANT EDWIN ALBERT BROWN 2nd BTTN WELCH REGIMENT. Date of death: 7th November 1946 Age: 25 Headstone is clean & legible. No apparent damage. Grass grave is flat & clear of detritus. To the front is a metal poppy. Brambles at the rear and a small Holly growth at the front require cutting away. I will do this next week. Apart from this, nothing untoward to report. No action by CWGC required.

Photographer: Eain Findlay

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Nellie Dorothy Brown, of Pinehurst, Swindon.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 51
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