Robert W Brown

Lance Corporal Robert Wallace Brown was born in Cumnock at Low Garleffin farm on 11 Apr 1893 to farmer John Brown and Helen Wallace.

He had married Margaret Hunter of Machribeg farm in Southend on 18 Jun 1917.

On the Cumnock War Memorial he is C.S.M. Robert W Brown of Ayrshire Yeomanry but it seems he transferred to the Highland Light Infantry.

He fell on 25 March 1918 and is on the Pozières Memorial at the Somme.

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Name:	Robert W. Brown
Birth Place:	Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Residence:	Kintyre, Argyllshire
Death Date:	25 Mar 1918
Death Location:	France & Flanders
Enlistment Location:	Ayr
Rank:	L/Corporal
Regiment:	Highland Light Infantry
Battalion:	12th (Service) Battn
Number:	42630
Type of Casualty:	Killed in action
Theatre of War:	Western European Theatre
Comments:	Formerly 2460, Ayrshire Yco.