Personal data
| Name | Brown |
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| Initials | H.M. |
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| Christian name | Horace Manton |
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| Date and place of birth | Ipswich; 18.12.1896 |
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| Family | Son of Edgar Jermyn Brown and Annie Josephine Brown, of Villette, Tuddenham Rd., Ipswich. |
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Extra information
- Information
- Educated at Ipswich School. Captained the 1st XI. cricket in 1914. School champion in athletics, Easter 1914.
Military data
| Rank | Lt. |
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| Regiment / Unit | 4 Suffolk Regiment |
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| Date of death | |
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| Age | 21 |
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| Cemetery / Memorial | Mendinghem Military Cemetery, IX. E. 33; personal inscription: IT IS WELL 2 KINGS 4.26 |
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Other information
- Information 1
- Confirmed in the Chapel of Talbot House by Bishop Gwynne on 18 December 1917, which was his 21st birthday.
- Information 2
- Enlisted at 17.5 years of age. Known in the forces as 'Baby Brown'.
- Information 3
- M.C.
- Information 4
- Died of wounds.
- Information 5
- His brother, Eric Landon, Capt. 4 Suffolk Regiment, was killed in action on 18.08.1915, age 26. Cabaret-Rouge British Cem., Souchez.
Media
Sources
- Source
- Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index
- Source 2
- Liber Vitae 1923 (09.04. = sic)
- Source 3
- Liber Vitae 1928
