248630 Pte. John Thomas Brown Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion from:Coventry We have had our great granddad, John Brown's War Medal and Victory medal for some time.
He was our mother's paternal grandfather. We value these things greatly for what they represent and decided to try and find out a bit more about him and his service. We know he was Coventry born and bred and we have information about him but not his war service history.
From the information and service number on the medal box, we know he was in The Royal Warwickshire Regiment and living in Coventry guessed he would have joined the 1/7th Battalion based in Coventry at the time. Limited research tells us this was the case and he also joined the 1st Battalion at some point.
Sadly there are, (we have been told), no surviving service records for him. Also if anyone by chance has any information on him that they can share that would be amazing. He survived the Great war and returned to Coventry where he became a cycle finisher. It seems quite a different world compared to the service the 1/7th and 1st Battalions were involved in.
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