This name is on Holy Trinity war memorial, Clapham Common
James L. Brown (James Leslie Brown)
Service no. 554725
Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), "B" Coy. 1st/16th Battalion
Killed in action on 30 November 1917, aged 19
CWGC: "Son of Charles and Esther Brown, of 31, Sibella Rd., Clapham, London."
Born in Clapham; enlisted in Wandsworth; lived in Clapham
Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 James Leslie Brown shared six rooms at 64 Killyon Road Clapham with his parents, Charles Brown, 44, a commercial clerk from Paddington, and Esther Brown, 46, who was born in Lambeth. They had five children:
James Leslie Brown, 12, born in Clapham
Charles Brown, 9, born in Lambeth
Clara Winifred Brown, 7, born in Lambeth
Samuel Brown, 5, born in Clapham
Eva Elizabeth Brown, 3, born in Clapham