In Memory Of

BROWN, HERBERT STANLEY

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1910-08-03
Rank:
 Second Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Rowan Bank (Glasgow)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-01-31
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 89.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.