Service Details
Name:
 BROWN
Given Name:
 HERBERT STANLEY
Initials:
 H S
Rank:
 Second Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Rowan Bank (Glasgow)
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Date of Death:
 1941-01-31
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Date of Birth:
 1910-08-03
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Reported lost after leaving Freetown, West Africa. As no further news was received he was presumed drowned near Freetown in January 1941.
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Frederick and Annie Maria Brown; husband of Lilian May Brown, of Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead. Born Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Educated at Krugersdorp Town School. General Botha Cadet Draft 1925-27. After leaving General Botha, became an apprentice with Andrew Weir & Co, obtaining his First Mate's certificate in 1929.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 89.

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