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Carl Richard Brown

In memory of:

Private Carl Richard Brown

August 30, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

684245

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 10, 1896

Son of John and Edith Brown, of 613, First Avenue, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 375 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SUN QUARRY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

A. 19.

Location:

Cherisy is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south-east of the village on the north-east side of the D38 road to Hendecourt. Cherisy village was captured by the Allied 18th Division on May 3, 1917, but lost the same night; and it remained in German hands until it was retaken by the Canadian Corps on August 27, 1918. The cemetery takes it name from a flint quarry, known to the British Army as Sun Quarry, located a short distance south-east of Cherisy. The Cemetery covers an area of 462 square metres and is enclosed by brick walls.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 437 of 1128

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 437 of 1128
  • Photo of Carl Richard Brown– (From Stanstead College Yearbook, July 1919) Carl Richard Brown, enlisted in March 1916, with the 171st Battalion. On reaching England he was transferred to the 13th Battalion. From the time he arrived in France he was with this unit in all the big engagements in which it took part. He was killed in action August 30th 1918. At the time of enlisting the late Pte. Brown was on the staff of the Dominion Express Co., in Quebec city. He was an active worker in the boys department of the YMCA.

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    Photo of Carl Richard Brown
    Photo of Carl Richard Brown – (From Stanstead College Yearbook, July 1919) Carl Richard Brown, enlisted in March 1916, with the 171st Battalion. On reaching England he was transferred to the 13th Battalion. From the time he arrived in France he was with this unit in all the big engagements in which it took part. He was killed in action August 30th 1918. At the time of enlisting the late Pte. Brown was on the staff of the Dominion Express Co., in Quebec city. He was an active worker in the boys department of the YMCA.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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