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{{Personnel
|id=2196
|Surname and forenames=Brown Arthur Raymond
|Army number=4456730
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1918/19.
|Age=19
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date but probably Summer 1939.  Posted 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940.  DIED of WOUNDS 20/5/1940  with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.  (Enlistment Book shows 20/5/42 - thought to be a transcription error).
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Home address=Resident of Evenwood, County Durham.  Son of Richard and Isabella Brown, Copeland Row, Evenwood.  Termporarily interred and re-buried later in Plot 8. Row B. Grave 7. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
|Image Name=A.R.BROWN.jpg
|Image Title=Pte Arthur Raymond Brown, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

Pte. Brown's CWGC headstone in Bucquoy Road Cemetery can be seen here:-

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Pte Brown's family placed a Memorial Cross on his grave at a recent visit - this can be seen here:-

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DLI Roll of Honour shows date of death as 1/5/1940.  War Office casualty list only shows 5/40.  Given what is known about the Barrle of Ficheux a date of death of 20/5/1940 is much more likely.

Thanks are due to Kevin Richardson for local family history information.