Individual Details

Jesse Francis "Francis" BROWN

(Abt Jul 1891 - 19 Jun 1915)

Believe this is the Francis Brown on the Chalgrove War Memorial

Events

BirthAbt Jul 1891Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Baptism2 Aug 1891Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1901Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1911Carter for Miller - Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
MilitaryAbt Jun 1915Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment, British Army
Death19 Jun 1915Killed in Action - Belgium

Families

MotherEsther BROWN (1869 - 1928)

Notes

Baptism

Extract from parish register: Baptisms solemnized in the parish of Chalgrove in the county of Oxford in the years 1891-2

No: 705
Date: 2 August 1891
Name: Jesse Francis
Parents: Esther
Surname: Brown
Address: Chalgrove
Parents occupation: -
By: G Blamie Brown, Vicar

Census

Listed in the household of his grandfather Francis Brown (born: 1842).

Census

Listed in the household of his grand father: Francis Brown (born: 1842)

Military

Enlistment Place: Wallingford, Berks
Rank: Private
Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Regimental Number: 16759

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1891 Jul/Sept - Thame - Vol: 3a Page: 783.

2. Oxfordshire, England - Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813 - 1915, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR57/1/R2/2.

3. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1373; Folio: 9; Page: 9.

4. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 8076; Schedule Number: 71.

5. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919.

6. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site.

7. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919.

8. Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web-site.