Private S/11990 David Ramsey BROWN

“B” Company 9th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Regiment

Killed in Action, Arras 26th April 1917, age 21

Buried Guemappe British Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave I.D.II

Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of David Ramsey (d.1916) and Annie Elizabeth Brown (nee Aitken), Adders Cottage, Erdington Road, Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Brown
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Guemappe British Cemetery
• The Black Watch

Other information:

29th May 1917 Death reported in Daily Record, Glasgow

30th May 1917 Death reported in Hinckley Echo as D. Brown

1911 Census living Erdington Road, Atherstone with parents and 4 siblings. States he is employed as a Felt Hat warehouseman

1901 Census living Adders Cottage, Erdington Road, Atherstone with parents and 4 siblings