Private Richard Franklin Brown
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Brown,
Richard Franklin
Date of birth: 1898-01-14
Place of birth: Orillia Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Henry Brown (father) 58 - 13th Avenue West, Vancouver BC
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerical Work
Address:
58 - 13th Avenue West, Vancouver BC
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, B. 7.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 645808
Highest Rank:
Private
(54th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private (Army). 1916-02-14 ?
- Private, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: VIMY RIDGE
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 618499
LAC ID:
69972
Service file: B1173-S038
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mr. H. H. Brown, of 121, Harold St., Vancouver South, British Columbia. Also shown as the above noted enlistment address. According to L/Cpl Sidney Western (in 1985) both he and Richard were advancing with ammunition during Vimy attack when he noticed Richard "go down". Sid was also wounded at the same time. gar
Uploader's Research notes:
Verbal info from his best friend 646085 L/Cpl Sidney Western in mid-1980's. gar
158th Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-06-30