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30/12/2015 The CWGC also record that John was the husband of Agnes Brown, of 4 Glenpark Terrace, Eastfield, Cambuslang, Glasgow.
30/12/2015 The CWGC record Corporal Brown as the son of John and Christina Brown, of 'Mabarafelt, Co. Antrim'. This is assumed to be Magherafelt, County Londonderry.
30/12/2015 Corporal Brown is commemorated on the WW1 Plaque on the War Memorial in Cambuslang Park. Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow.
30/12/2015 Corporal John Brown is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi.
30/12/2015 Corporal John Brown was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action on 13th May 1916. He was 34 years old.
30/12/2015 John Brown enlisted in Glasgow.
30/12/2015 John Brown was the son of John and Christina Brown. John was born in Belfast about 1882.
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