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Next parish meeting:

9 April 2024, 7:00pm Romanby Parish Office
DL7 8HG

Name Unit Number Status Date of Death Cemetery or Memorial Age

Pte, George William Brown 

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1/8th Durham Light Infantry 14752 Killed in Action 29th September 1916 The Thiepval Memorial 20

George was the youngest son of Mr William Brown who lived near the Green in Romanby.

He enlisted in Durham, though according to the Army records he was living in Willington at the time he enlisted. He had moved there from Romanby, where he had been a member of the Romanby Church Choir for several years.

On 29th September 1916 the 1/8th DLI formed part of 151 Brigade of 50th (Northumbrian) Division and were in the front line, known as Flers Trench just South of the village of Le Sars, on the Somme battlefield.

The exact circumstances of his death are unknown, but he died, aged 20, and his body was never recovered. His name is commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval.

 

Next parish meeting:

9 April 2024, 7:00pm Romanby Parish Office
DL7 8HG