Gordon Douglas Brown

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
3310038
Unit at enlistment: 
2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Conscripted
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
Brantford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
286 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
286 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Employer: 
Verity Plow Co.
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
20

Letters and documents

BX January 31, 1991

Gordon Douglas Brown

Brown, Gordon – Suddenly at the Brantford General Hospital on Monday, January 27, 1992, in his 95th year, beloved husband of the late Lorna (nee Selby); the father of Kathleen Saunders (Brantford), Constance Duncan, Stephen and Philip of Hamilton, Stanley of North Bay, Mrs. Raymond (Thelma) Johnson of Ancaster, Mrs. Elliott (Marilyn) Egbuson of Lagos, Nigeria; Mrs. Don (Carol) Littlejohn Chessman of Edmonton, Alberta; predeceased by one son, William; brothers Frank and Andrew and one sister, Evelyn Morey; loving Grandy to 38 grandchildren, 58 great-grandchildren.  He leaves nieces Marguerite Berry and Evelyn McBride and a nephew, Kenny Brown and many cousins.

Gordon was a veteran of the First World War and served at Vimy Ridge; was a life member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 90 and a life member of the Masonic Lodge, Mount Olive #1 Hamilton; life member of Lorne Tower Senior Citizens. The family will receive their friends at the Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home, 96 West Street from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Service in the chapel on Monday at 1 p.m., with Reverend Francis Chisholm and Reverend Robert Foster of Hamilton officiating. Interment, Mount Hope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Brant County War Memorial Building Fund, 2 Brunswick Street, Brantford or a charity of your choice. Lodge of Sorrow Masonic Service, Saturday at 2 p.m.  Legion Service, Sunday at 7 p.m.