Thursday 19 July 2007

Private Ewart Cudeaire Brown

Born on 18 May 1893 in St. George's, Bermuda - son of Van Ordall and Florence Mary Brown, St. George's, Bermuda - enlistment records provide the following: trade as bank clerk, single, no current military service, previously served during four camps in Bermuda, Church of England, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 34.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, grey eyes, light brown hair.

Joined the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion in Montreal, Quebec, on 20 March 1915 (number 410987) - transferred to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in France on 17 July 1915 - attached to the Royal Flying Corps in England on 9 June 1917 - commissioned as a Lieutenant at some point - killed in an aeroplane accident on 14 August 1917 - buried in Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery (grave D.366), England.

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