Gunner J P Brown


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Reference WMO/290370

Address:

All Saints Church

1 Sutton Road

Southend-on-Sea

SS2 5PA

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Battlefield (wooden) cross
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Battlefield Cross with original GRU Tags. Note that the cross has him as J P Brown, whereas CWGC record him as Percy John Brown. He is buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium. The cemetery holds the graves of 8 other members of the 95 Siege Battery who died on that day (including two cousins from Orkney) and one further grave of a gunner who died of wounds on 4 August 1917. There are two further members of the battery who died on 3 August named on the Menin Gate. Various on-line forums and internet research suggest that the battery was positioned near Ypres possibly in the grounds of the "Goldfish" Chateau Rozelaar a few kilometres to the west. The battery was equipped with 9.2 inch howitzers (an example of which can be seen in the Imperial War Museum in London). The fact that the battery suffered such heavy casualties suggests that there was either an accident with one of the guns, or more likely the battery received a direct hit from a German shell. Unfortunately the Battery War Diary for this date has been lost. Somewhat confusioingly, google maps calls this church All Saints, but also St Gregorios Indian Orthodox Church. Both have websites giving this address.
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Tag 1: G.R.U. Tag 2: 105273 GNR J. P. BROWN Tag 3: 95TH SIEGE BTY R.G.A. Tag 4: 3RD AUGUST 1917

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