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Alexander Brown

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Alexanders Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 2263
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 15/09/1914
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 59 Main Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    William Brown, 59 Main St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Margaret Beveridge (partner?) Academy St, Crieff

  • Children:

    1 Child

More about Alexander Brown

Alexander has no known grave but is remembered on the La Ferte Memorial.

Alexander Brown   2263   Black Watch

BROWN―Killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, on the 14th September, Private Alexander Brown, 1st Black Watch, oldest son of William Brown, 59 Main Street, and grandson of the late Daniel Brown, Coldside.

Dundee People’s Journal 31st October 1914

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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