Private Edward Brown.

7001 3rd East Lancashire Regiment.

Died of appendicitis 2nd November 1916, aged 19.

Edward was born about 1897 in Burnley, the son of Frank and Caroline Brown, his father was a coal miner and a native of Leyburn in Yorkshire. Caroline was a Burnley girl.

In the 1901 census the family lived at 2 Ship Alley, Burnley. Frank 38, Caroline 30, Edward 4 and Frank 7 months.

In 1911 they still lived at 2 Ship Alley and they had a new sister called Emily. His parents had been married for 15 years and had had 4 children, 1 of whom had died.

Lived at 3 Job Street.

Edward was buried in Burnley Cemetery: Screen Wall. 8367.