Walter Harold Brown

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772812

Unit at enlistment:

125th 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:

Zion Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

27 Buffalo Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

27 Buffalo Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Plasterer

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX November 12, 1917

Walter Harold Brown, Buffalo Street, who left here with the 125th Battalion, has been wounded in the head, according to a report received from Ottawa yesterday by his parents who reside here.

BX November 14, 1917

A late casualty list today reports Private Walter Harold Brown of this city as wounded and Pte. Robert Samuel Thompson gassed.

BX May 9, 1967

Walter Harold Brown

Walter Harold Brown, 77 of 47 Grey Street, died Monday in the Brantford General Hospital. He was born in Brantford, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brown, and had been a resident here all his life. Mr. Brown was a carpenter. He was a veteran of the First World War, enlisting with the 125th Battalion, serving overseas, and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 90. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Gladys Stiles of Brantford. He was predeceased by two brothers, Roy and Russell. Mr. Brown is at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Thursday, for service in the chapel at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery with Rev. John McCallum officiating.