Basic Details
Surname
Brown
Forenames
E L
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Ernest Levi
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 180 Star Road - which was where his mother Sarah Ann Brown was living on the 1911 census. Ernest's brother Lewis is also listed on the Roll.

(CWGC records that Private E. L. Brown, regimental number 11396, died on 23/5/1916 serving in the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, and is buried in grave I.D.23 at Albert Communal Cemetery Extension in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private Ernest Levi Brown, 11396, was born in Oakham and was living in Wroot when he enlisted in Gainsborough. Ernest's Army service file records that he enlisted 31/8/1914, and went to France with the 2nd Battalion on 13/1/1916; the file is noted that his widow Nellie Brown, of 25 Nottingham Place, Gainsborough, was awarded a pension for herself and their two children: Charles Ernest & Phyllis Irene).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Lincs
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
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
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
May
Day of death
23
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action in France
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
180 STAR ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial