2/Lt William Leonard Brown was killed in action and was buried by the field ambulance in Reninghelst. At the time of his death the Battalion had been ‘standing to’ in consequence of an attack by the V Corps.

William Brown was Commission 2/Lt in the 6th Battalion on 27th March 1915 and arrived in France on 14th July 1915.

The Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks with His Majest’s Forces 1914-1919  (London 1910) records:-

“Admitted Feb. 1915. Of Buxton. Joined Jan. 1915, as 2nd Lieut., 6th Batt. Notts and Derby Regt. (Sherwood Foresters), and subsequently appointed Brigade Intelligence Officer. Killed in action in France Sept. 25, 1915”.

He was the eldest son of Major Abraham Brown and Lucie Brown of 20 Hardwick St., Buxton, Derbyshire and a Solicitor.