Joseph Maurice Brown
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Joseph Maurice Brown was born in 1892 he was the son of Abraham a pottery warehouse foreman and Catherine Brown née Wharmby of 9 South Terrace Church Street Eastwood Nottinghamshire. Abraham was born in 1865 at Ripley Catherine Wharmby was born in 1863 also at Ripley, they were married on 25th December 1885 at Ripley and went on to have 6 children, sadly 1 died in infancy or early childhood. In 1911 the family are living at The Cottage, Street Lane, Derby Abraham is 46 yrs and a pottery warehouse foreman, he is living with his wife Catherine 47 yrs and three of their children. In 1911 we find Joseph Maurice as a visitor at The Hydro, Tansley, Matlock, he is shown as being 19 yrs single and a school teacher, he is visiting the head of the household, Walter Hammerly 41 yrs a hydrotherapists
Lance Corporal Joseph Maurice Brown Brown enlisted at Belper and served with 1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry. He landed in Egypt on 27th April 1915. He fought in Gallipoli and died of wounds on 22nd August 1915, he is buried at at Lala Baba Cemetery, Gallipoli
Joseph Maurice Brown wrote to his parents :- He wrote to parents ' I'm out for work and business though it will be very bloody work indeed. France never saw the terrors of Gallipoli nor ever approached its horrors. I may have no option than to become a sniper but dirty and risky though that work is at times I shall if selected look upon it as my duty and shall execute the sniping to the bitterest points and hope to come through without incident. We're being turned into infantry and although in a cavalryman's opinion it is inferior work we're all determined to cover ourselves with honour at least.'
