William John Brown was born in Worcester in late 1897 or early 1898, the son of Harry and Ada Brown. The family resided in the St Paul's area of the city. He enlisted in the army on 9th February 1915 when he gave his age as 19 years - in actual fact he was only 17 years of age. William sent a number of letters, postcards and other ephemera home to his mother before he was killed in action on 10th July 1916 during the battle of the Somme. He was just 18 years of age.
Name of contributor(s)
Sean BrownSubject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
The contributor's uncleDate(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1915-1916Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place
England and FranceObject(s)
1. Information on William Brown
2 & 2a Family tree of William Brown
3. Photograph of William Brown
4-9. Letters sent home by William Brown
10. Pocket Gospel book
11. Cigarette packet
12. Soldiers small book
13. Postcard of a ship
14. Notification of William's death
15. Memorial scroll for William Brown
16 & 16a. Memorial card for William Brown
17. Pensions information for Williams parents
18. Notice of award of pensionCommunity Collection Day
St Helen's Church, Worcester (15/03/19)
