Clement James Brown

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772531

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

May 29th, 1917

Cemetery:

Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard - Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - I.F.15.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Haldimand

Birth city:

Garnet, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

21 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

21 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Waterous Engine Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died, Pneumonia. Connaught Hospital, Aldershot

BX May 31, 1917

Soldier Dies of Pneumonia

In the early morning casualty lists the name of Private Clement James Brown is given as being ill, but later this morning word was received in the city that he had died of pneumonia in an English hospital. Private Brown is a married man and lived when he enlisted at 21 Charlotte Street, but his wife is now residing at 189 Nelson Street. In November last, he was reported wounded. Before enlisting, he had 14 years military service with the Norfolk Rifles. He went overseas with the first overseas battalion from the 38th Dufferin Rifles.

BX August 9, 1917

Details of Burial

Mrs. Della May Brown, 189 Nelson Street, has received word from London, England, that the body of her husband, Private Clement James Brown, who died at Bramshott in May last of pneumonia, was interred in a separate grave in Bramshott churchyard, the grave being marked with a cross giving all particulars. He was a member of the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion.