CLICK  HERE  TO GO TO  Portsmouth - Main Memorial     

     CLICK HERE  TO GO SURNAME B INDEX    

NAME:                      Brown, John Samuel
RANK:                      Chief Armourer
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Cressy
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         341170
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action/drowned 22nd September 1914 when ship sunk
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 26th June 1876 at Lambeth, London. Joined navy 28th April 1896.
                           Husband of Ellen Louisa Brown of 26 Court Lodge Road, Gillingham, Kent (RN war graves roll).
                           On one pension card address is 31 St Stephens Road, Buckland, Portsmouth,
                           on another 39 Grayshott Road, Southsea, Portsmouth.
                           She later remarried and became Drew.