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Personal data William George BROWN 

• He was born on February 1, 1884 in Lurgan, Armagh, N Ireand.Sources 3, 4
• Profession: in the year 1943 General Labourer in Belfast Northern Ireland.
• Resident:
• in the year 1943: 6 Teutonic Street Belfast.
• on April 2, 1911: Lurgan Urban, Armagh, Ireland.Source 3
• in the year 1900: Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland.
• on March 31, 1901: Lurgan Urban, Armagh, Ireland.Source 4
• (WORLD WAR ONE) on 16th-09-1914 in Lurgan Armargh Ireland: Enlisted in R.U.Rifles 16th September Sent to France.
• He died on February 3, 1957 in Belfast, he was 73 years old.
• He is buried on February 5, 1957 in New Line Cemetery,Lurgan.
• A child of George BROWN and Ann Jane DILWORTH

Household of William George BROWN

He is married to Anna Jane "Annie" McNeice.

They got married on April 14, 1906 at Shankill C.of I.Shankill,Lurgan, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Walter George BROWN  1908-1959 
2. Frederick BROWN  1909-1911
3. Robert Lloyd BROWN  1913-1974 
4. Gladys Millicent BROWN  1916-2000 
5. Albert Joshua BROWN  1922-2000 

Notes about William George BROWN

1911 Power Loom Weaver other suggests b.26 Aug 1885 1885 born 1899-1902 Boer War 1901 28 George's Street ,Lurgan 1912 /signed the declaration re.home rule 1906 married, living at Name Townland Adams, Richard DBenison, William Broughas Benison, Wm., Jr. Thos. Derrylard Brown, James Derryliliagh Brown, Robert Derryliliagh Bryans, John Cranagill? 1913 Weaver 1914 Enlisted in Belfast;16th sept 1914;disch.07 march 1919 .Serial no : 14032 .Royal Irish Fuseliers .9th batt. 108th brigade 36th ulster division 9th (Service) Battalion Formed in Belfast in September 1914, from the Armagh, Monaghan and Cavan Volunteers, units of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force. September 1914 : attached to 108th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division <36div.htm>. 25 September 1917 : absorbed two squadrons of the North Irish Horse, and renamed 9th (North Irish Horse) Bn. Within an hour and a half after the opening of the battle our men had taken five lines of German trenches and captured several hundred prisoners, advancing wave after wave like an irresistible tide. We were in advance of the Division on our left, who were to take Beaumont Hamel, and consequently the whole left flank was exposed to batteries of machine-guns: it was through this that the 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles suffered so severely, also the 9th Royal Irish Rifles, who supported them. From both flanks they were enfiladed by machine-gun fire. On the right, Germans lying low in dug-outs came up from the cellars in Thiepval village with machine-guns and poured a hail of bullets into the 109th Brigade and 108th Brigade from behind. As they emerged from Thiepval Wood they fell in hundreds, the German fire at this point being protracted and perfect. In the evening, about six o’clock, a big German counter-attack was made, and we had to fall back, leaving our wounded, who were too bad to he moved, in dug-outs. These advanced points could not be held for long; the enemy might be killed and captured, but the place had developed into a dangerous salient, while the flanking fire from right and left made the position a terrible one, the Division on either side being held up by insurmountable obstacles. The order to retire was given, and on Saturday night, July 1st, we were once more on our old front line. Apparently all the sacrifice had been in vain. At 1 o’clock on Sunday afternoon the remnants of the 107th Brigade and all that was left of our battalion and the 13th Royal Irish Rifles counterattacked and easily retook the three German lines. The crucial point was the ridge that ran through "Omagh,’’ and unless that could be held we could not hope to hold Serre and the line to La Boiselle. On the left, Beaumont Hamel commanded all, and on the right Thiepval village was the strong point. Unless these were captured our divisional line became a salient raked by machine-gun fire. The 32nd Division actually passed through Thiepval village, but the Germans, who were hidden in the cellars and concrete dug-outs, allowed them to pass, and then came up from behind, and the casualties were appalling. The 12th Royal Irish Rifles and the 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers, on our left, were practically wiped out. History of 6 Teutonic Street: c.1919 Most of McNeice family went with William to 6 Teutonic St. 1941 royal ulster rifles Fought in WW2 Royal Ulster Rifles Church-C.of I. Died Lurgan Hospital Father/he might have come from the Montiaghs,perhaps DRUMGASK Worked in mackies a bit;labourer Helped build Whitla Hall died Ca.Salivary gland? Brain Haemorrhage? George had a cousin Jennie Wilson Note: otherBrown family of Armagh Lois Gunning

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