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NAME:                      Brown, Horace Robert
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Royal Marine Light Infantry
BATTALION ETC:             1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         PO/1429(S)
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 28th April 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 23rd January 1892 at Hayling, Island. Enlisted 15th February 1916.
                           Son of Constance Brown of 92 St Thomas Road, Portsmouth (RN war graves roll).
                           On pension card son of Caroline A Brown of 98 St Thomas Street, Portsmouth.
                           In CWGC son of Alfred and Caroline Brown, of 20 Pembroke Rd., Portsmouth.
                           In 1911 family living (father Alfred Brown) at 177 Fawcett Road, Southsea.