Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details but were not sure which John William Brown this was as two were killed in Ww1 and both were Privates int he Duke of Wellington's. One had worked in a dyeworks and was a member of both the Albion Bowling Team and the Dyers' Club before he enlisted in March 1916: he was killed on 3/5/17, aged 30, at Bullecourt, is commemorated on the Arras Memorial and buried at Bienvillers British Military Cemetery. The other worked in Huddersfield before he too enlisted in March 1916: he died on 27/3/18 of wounds and was aged 42. Both are also commemorated on IWM 2738.