Notes
William Allen Brown was born at Ashton in Lancashire on 20 February 1920, the son of Evelyn (née Allen) and William Brown, a hat manufacturer. He was educated at Sedbergh School from 1934 to 1939. He entered Worcester College on 13 October 1939, with a scholarship in Classics and achieved 2nd class honours in Classical Moderations (first year exams) in 1940.
William Brown did not return to Oxford in the autumn of 1940. He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Signals on the 28 June 1941. 2nd Lieutenant William Brown was killed in an accident at Watling Street, Kensworth, on 15 October 1941, while on active service.
William Brown is buried at Denton Cemetery, and is commemorated on the war memorials at Sedbergh School and Worcester College, Oxford.