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Old 28 June 2009, 05:10 PM #2 (permalink)
josquin
 
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George - Brown (no other forenames) was born in 1895, at Belper,
Derbyshire--you have the parents' names from the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission listing. CWGC erred in listing his rank,
however; he was Air Mechanic, 1st Class, not Airman--that rank
came later after the RAF was created. Brown's birth was registered
in December, 1895, at Belper; this indicates he was probably born
during the last few months of the year (the births were listed quarterly,
so Brown's probably occurred from October-December, 1895). The
1901 Census for England lists the family as residing at Belper. I do
not have any service information for him, but since you have his
service number you could get a service record copy from National
Archives U.K. online services. Trevor Henshaw, in "The Sky
Their Battlefield," may provide more information about his death--
place, circumstances, other crew, and aircraft type & serial.

Regards

Josquin

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