Basic Details
Surname
Brown
Forenames
Wilfred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
The memorial states he worked at Greetland as a Relief Porter. Hornshaw and Fowler say he also worked at Lockwood Station as a Porter and enlisted in May 1917 into the Sherwood Foresters. He survived one wounding before he was killed. His wife, Sarah, remarried and became Mrs Stansfield and lived in Norland.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lancashire Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
D Company, 1st Battalion
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Lancashire Fusiliers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Outersteene, Bailleul
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery Extension
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
12
Age at death
27