Basic Details
Surname
Brown
Forenames
William Bottomley
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
31883
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 171 High Street, Old Fletton. It wrongly records his date of death as 26/4/1917.

(CWGC records that Private "William Bottamley Brown" , 31883, of the 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment died aged 24 on 29/4/1917, and that he was the husband of Millicent Brown of 7 Priestgate, Peterborough; he is commemorated on Bay 5 of Arras Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records that he died on 29/4/1917, as do the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, which record that his widow Millicent was his legatee. On the 1911 census William Bottomley Brown had been living with his mother, Elizabeth Ann, at 23 Albert Street, Spalding; his birth was registered in Spalding as "William Bottomley Brown" in 1893).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfords
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Arras
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 26 April 1917 [sic] at Arras"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
171 HIGH STREET OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial