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Pte. Henry Brown
British Army 1/5th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Dinnington, Rotherham
My Grandfather, Harry Brown, was a survivor of the Great War. He served from August 1914 til demob in March 1919. He died before I was born, but my parents had a framed photo of him in uniform, taken prior to the war. He was charged with desertion in 1918. His records show that he failed to return after being given a 2 week furlough from hospital. He was being treated for a severe head wound. The charge was dropped when he agreed to rejoin his unit in France. He wasn't back long before being readmitted to hospital with bronchitis. He never talked about his experiences, so I am trying to piece together a history for my children, although my father did recall a large scar on the side of his father's head.
