Killed in action
during the attack on Vimy Ridge. According to
the Graves Registration Report, he was initially buried near the trenches and was exhumed
and reburied in the Nine Elms Cemetery, North East of Arras
Nine Elms Military Cemetery
Thelus, France
Coincidentally,
his brother Charles H Brownell 636225 was killed the same day, most
likely within yards of each other and buried in the same cemetery
Post war, the
British War Medal and Victory Medals, the Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll, plus
the Memorial Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs Ella Moynes (she had remarried)
A second
Memorial Cross was sent to his mother, Mrs Maria Brownell, at Whitby Ontario
The Plaque and Scroll
were returned as there was an error in the inscription.
Once corrected, they were sent out again
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