George Masterton Brown

Rank:

Corporal

Regimental number:

270204

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Alexandra Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Fife

Birth city:

Leven

Address at enlistment:

Lida Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Lida Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Lathe hand

Employer:

Cockshutt Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX August 16, 1918

The brief sorrow bearing messages that homes in Brantford are beginning to dread anew are coming in once more. Yesterday Mrs. George Masterton Brown was saddened to learn that her husband, Pte. Brown is dangerously ill in No. 5 General hospital, Rouen, suffering from a multiple gunshot wound in the head.

Private Brown left Brantford with the 215th. He was only in France two months. A very great number of friends will watch eagerly for further and better news from him soon. He was an elder in the Balfour St. Presbyterian Church and was employed with Cockshutt works before enlisting.

BX March 23, 1923

George Masterton Brown

The death took place at the Brantford General hospital on Friday morning of George M. Brown, St. George road, who had been ill for about four weeks. As a member of the 215th Battalion, the late Mr. Brown had served his country for two and a half years during the Great War. He was an enthusiastic member of the G.W.V.A. and was an active member of Alexandra Presbyterian church. Besides his widow, and two children, he leaves to mourn his loss a father, three brothers and four sisters of this city. The feral will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Monday from his late home on the St. George road to the Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX March 27, 1923

George Masterton Brown

The funeral of George M. Brown took place yesterday afternoon from his late residence, St. George road, and thence to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment. Rev. Charles Oke, assisted by Commodore Urquhart of the Salvation Army, conducted the obsequies. The profusion of flowers in evidence was testimony along with the large number of friends of deceased who attended the funeral, to the high esteem in which he had been held. The pallbearers were: O.W. Rhynas, J. Houston, J. Pickering, T. Thompson, Dr. Wiley and Mr. Fulton.