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Military service
Service number:
907050
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
May 27, 1880
Shropshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
February 28, 1916
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Dr. Joseph L'Oste Brown, of Shifnal, Salop, England.
Brother of Private Lionel Cunningham L'Oste Brown, who died the same day while serving in the same unit.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Basil Hutton L'Oste Brown
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War Memorial
Shifnal War memorial located St. Andrews church, Shifnal Shropshire -
Newspaper clipping
Newpaper article reporting brothers death in action Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News 26 May 1917 -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Basil Hutton L'Oste Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Basil Hutton L'Oste Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Basil Hutton L'Oste Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Basil Hutton L'Oste Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 208 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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