BROWNING Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    BROWNING
  • Service Number:
    8334
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th September 1914
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Villers-en-Prayeres Communal Cemetery, France, Grave B. 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    St Aldgate's, Gloucester, enlisted Gloucester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BROWNING Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Aston Fields War Memorial

Further Information About BROWNING Frederick

1911 Census
Verdala Barracks, Malta
Browning Frederick, Private, age 24, 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, born St Aldgate, Gloucester

F. Browning, Private, Gloucestershire Regiment was employed by the Midland Railway as a Porter in the Traffic-Coaching Section at Bromsgrove Station.  These details are recorded in the company’s memorial book.

Source: In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway who Gave their Lives in the Great War 1914-1919.  Published by the company to coincide with the unveiling of the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby on Thursday 15th December 1921 at 11.45am

National Union of Railwaymen
General Register of Members
Browning Fredk.
Age on admission: 27
Date of admission: 11.2.14
Grade: Gds Porter
Railway: Midland
Branch admitting: Bromsgrove
K in A 19/9/14

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, 7th November 1914:
Bromsgrove Soldiers Killed in Action
News has also been received that Pte F. Browning, 1st Gloucesters, who, before the war was employed as a porter at Bromsgrove Station, has died from wounds received while on service with the British Expeditionary Force in France.

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