235631 Pte. Ernest Charles Robert Brown British Army 2nd Btn. Linconshire Regiment from:Greenwich, Kent Ernest Brown first enlisted as a regular soldier in 1910 and in 1911 was serving with the Battalion in Victoria Barracks, Portsmouth. His service records were among those destroyed in the WW2 Blitz destruction of Army Records, so his details are not available.
His medal record cards indicate that he disembarked in France with the BEF on 5th of November 1914 and served with his Battalion in a number of actions until wounded in August 1915.
He sustained considerable damage to his right hand and arm and back, which effectively disabled him from his previous profession as a time-served carpenter, although he was able to work on small jobs at a home workshop. He was discharged as unfit for further military service on 28th February 1916. He was awarded a disability pension in 1921. He was awarded the War Medal, Victory Medal and the 1914 Star.
He died at home in Charlton, Kent on 17th April 1954, survived by his wife Lily and five adult children and his grandchildren.
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