Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Boulogne Eastern Cemetery | II. A. 21. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.117 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 14D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Education & Career :
George Sidney Robert Johnstone Brown was born in 1885 and was educated at Nauenheim College, Hiedelberg and was interested in his work at the School of Agriculture.
He came up to Clare in October 1909.
He was an open-air man with open-air tastes.
After leaving Cambridge he was for a time engaged in farming in New Zealand, but the outbreak of war found him in Ayrshire, and he received a commission in the Royal Scots.
Johnstone Brown was a good quarter-miler.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers |
1st Battalion August 1914 : in Gosport. Part of 9th Brigade, 3rd Division. Landed at Le Havre 14 August 1914. 5 April 1916 : transferred to 8th Brigade in same Division. |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1915 (Second Ypres) |
22 April - 25 May 1915. On the 22nd April 1915 the Germans used poison gas at Ypres. This was the first 'official' use of gas and took the Allies by surprise. After initial success capitalising on the confusion and horror of this weapon, a heroic stand, initially by the Canadians and then supported by British and Indian Battalions, held the German advance. However it became clear that the Germans had achieved a tactical advantage and eventually the British were forced to retire to more a more defendable perimeter closer to Ypres. These positions were on the last ridges before Ypres and their loss would have resulted in the loss of the town and possibly open the Channel coast to German occupation with disastrous consequences for the re-supply of the BEF.
Detail :
Second Lieutenant G. S. R. J. Brown died of wounds in France and Flanders on 22 May 1915, whilst serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Isaac Newton University No. 859 E.C. | Cambridgeshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
28th May 1912 | 29th October 1912 | 26th November 1912 |
Discrepancies (Require checks, clarity or further research) :
Sometime recorded as Johnston(e)-Brown.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley