Ernest Brown
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Husband of Ada Brown, 5 Daybrook Street, Sherwood, Nottingham (CWGC).His wife, Ada (nee Smith), was the daughter of George and Jane Smith. George Smith d. September 1908 age 62 and Jane Smith d. August 1909 age 60. In 1901 George (54), a carter for Nottingham Corporation, and Jane (52) were living at 326 Meadow Lane, Sneinton, with their son George (21) and daughter Ada (16), an apprentice cigar maker.Ernest may have been a regular soldier as there is a record of a Sergeant Ernest Smith (28) born Nottingham, serving with the 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) in India in 1911. Sergeant Smith was married.
Captain Ernest Brown was commissioned Second Lieutenant 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 13th December 1915 and joined the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 12th January 1916. He was wounded at Arrow Head Copse, Guillemont, 13th September 1916 and was promoted Lieutenant 24th April 1917, Garrison Major and Adjutant at Loos, 26th April 1917. He was killed in action on, 20th November 1917, aged 35, in the attack on the German positions near Beaucamp, near Ribecourt.
Buried : Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, France. Plot 4. Row H. Grave 11.
Inscription headstone, Nottingham General Cemetery, marking the grave of George and Jane Smith : ‘Also Ernest Brown Capt. 2nd Batt. Sherwood Foresters killed in action in France Nov 20th 1917, aged 35 years. The beloved husband of Ada Brown and son in law of the above.
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 28 November 1917: ‘Brown. Killed in action, November 30th, Lieut. (sic) Ernest Brown, Sherwood Foresters, beloved husband of Ada Brown, 5, Daybrook-street, Sherwood.’
Ernest Brown
Family gravestone, Nottingham General Cemetery, commemorating Ernest. Photograph Rachel Farrand (February 2019).