Brown, Joseph Robert Taylor
'Gainsborough News' photo
R. BROWN
Joseph Robert Taylor Brown ('Robert')
26589 Private, South Staffordshire Regiment
40450 Private, Worcestershire Regiment
Served with 40451 Private Colin Brumby
Born 14th December 1897 in Scotter
Son of Joseph ('Joe'; a general farm labourer from Thurlby) & Rosetta (nee Taylor of Burnham)
Family lived on Sands Lane
A friend of Frank Foster (North facing side)
Aged 14 was working for John Butler as a farm labourer at Avenue Farm, Scotter
Enlisted 25th March 1916 and sent to the front on 4th October
In May 1917 it was feared he might lose his leg; reported he was
'lying seriously wounded in France. He received a dangerous wound in the knee (by shrapnel) on April 23rd and has undergone a serious operation but is now progressing favourably'
Discharged 31st December 1917 as a result of wounds and received Silver War Badge 294064
Married Annie Pearson in 1925 in Glanford Brigg district
Step-father to her daughters Barbara and Brenda
Father of Joseph Arthur Marshall (‘Joe’), Lewis Robert and Annie Margaret
Lived in a thatched house on Sands Lane
In 1936 son Joe died of diphtheria aged 9 and buried in Scotter Cemetery
Died in a nursing home at 181 Lea Road, Gainsborough
Interred 24th Aug 1972 aged 74
Buried in Scotter Cemetery