Brown Robert L /Sgt 4449564
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Brown Robert
Army number 4449564
Rank Lance Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no exact enlistment date known. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Taken Prisoner of War notified - 12/7/1940. A report to this effect appeared in the Auckland Chronicle of 25/7/1940. Repatriated. Relegated to Class Z Army Reserve 27/10/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions Lance Sergeant
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - Camp Number 4A, P.o.W. Number 10509.
Died/Killed in action
Home address Resident of Spennymoor in 1949.
Source table 10DLI
