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Military service
Service number:
703253
Age:
36
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1880
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of Henry Braithwaite Brown and Charlotte Mary Brown, of Sherbrooke, Quebec; husband of Margaret Mary Davis (formerly Brown), of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Lewis Henry Brown
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Sherbrooke War Memorial
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. Sgt. Lewis Henry Brown was born in Sherbrooke, however, his name was missed off the memorial tablet. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
A clearer view (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lewis Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lewis Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lewis Henry Brown
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Lewis Henry Brown
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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