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Military service
Service number:
77307
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
May 23, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William K. and Louise B. Brown, of Creston, British Columbia.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Nelson Alexander Brown
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Creston War Memorial
War Memorial, Creston & District, British Columbia. Also included are names from men from nearby Erickson and Wynndel. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 11th, 1922. There are 26 names inscribed on the granite memorial representing those local men who died during World War One. A stone panel was added at a later date to include 29 names of those who died during World War Two. Located at 137 11th Avenue North, in front of the local Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 29). In honoured memory. -
Inscription
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Creston War Memorial
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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
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Alexander Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 7 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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