The second son of Rev. W. Nimmo Brown, was born at Ceres, Cape Colony, in 1894. At School 1906-11, he served in the O.T.C. for three sessions, and also played for 1st XV. 1910-11. Returning to S. Africa in 1911, he obtained an appointment in the Cape Govt. Forestry Dept. After serving for a year in the Cape Garrison Arty., in which he held the rank of Bdr., he was gazetted to R.G.A. in Sept. 1915, promoted Lt. in 1917, and attained the rank of Capt. in 1918. In France and Belgium 1916-18, he took part in the heavy fighting round Ypres and was once slightly wounded. After Armistice he was retained in the Army of Occupation at Cologne, where he died on Sept. 10, 1919.
Born in 1891, was the son of the late A. C. Brown, Edin. He entered G.W.C. 1898, and on leaving took up banking. He emigrated to Canada, where he held a position in the Bank of Quebec, and in addition made considerable progress as a journalist. Failing to qualify for the 1st Canadian Contingent, he returned home, and joined the A.P.C. Transferred to the R.F., he was killed in the Somme battle, Sept. 1916.
A son of the late A. C. Brown, Edin., was born in 1895, and attended G.W.C. 1901-11. He had commenced his engineering apprenticeship when he joined the R.E. as a Sapper. in 1915. After serving on the Forth Defences for some time, he volunteered for foreign service, and was sent to France in Apr. 1918. He was killed in action on June 7, 1918.
Stewart Brown
RAMC
SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Stewart Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps, only child of Mr. and Mrs. R. Stewart Brown, 11a Thirlestane Road, Edinburgh, attended Watson's from 1916 to 1928. He graduated M.B., Ch.B. at Edinburgh University in 1935, and after a tour abroad joined the R.A.M.C. He was sent to India and saw service on the N.W. Frontier, where he was raised to the rank of Captain. After a period in Palestine and Egypt, he was sent home to train units in field work. He was promoted Major and went overseas again with the 51st (Highland) Division, with which he served all through the campaign in N. Africa to Tunis. He was then made Lieutenant- Colonel and given command of the City of London Unit in the Middle East. He was killed in action in September 1943 at Salerno, Italy, and was mentioned in despatches.
Thomas D. Brown, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Allan Brown. 10 Hermitage Gardens, Edinburgh, attended Watson's from 1926 to 1938, and during his last session was awarded his 1st XV Colours. On leaving school he became indentured as an apprentice Chartered Accountant. Joining the R.A.F. in 1941, he trained in South Africa, and took first place in his course as navigator. Posted to Bomber Command he did not return from a raid on Essen on 28th May 1943, his twenty-second operational flight, and is buried at Hengelo, Holland. Flying Officer Brown was a King's Scout, and was for a time Scoutmaster of the combined 4th and 72nd Troops.
The son of Mr. J. H. Brown, Edin., was born in 1895. For thirteen years a pupil of G.W.C. (1901-14), he proved himself a student of outstanding ability, especially excelling in Mathematics. In addition he was Col.-Sgt. in the O.T.C., Treas. of the Literary Club, and a College Prefect. In 1914 he gained the Glass Bursary and a George Watson Higher Bursary. Having enlisted as a Pte. in the 4th R.S., at the outbreak of war, he served in Gallipoli, whence he was invalided home. Transferred to the R.N.D. as an A.B., he crossed to France in 1916, and fell at Beaumont Hamel Nov. 13, 1916.
A South African by birth, came to G.W.C. in 1906, and distinguished himself as a three-quarter in the XV. and A.S.M. in the College Troop of Scouts. Returning to S. Africa in 1911, he found employment in the Government Bacteriological Dept. Enlisting in the Cape Peninsular Rifles in Aug. 1914, he came overseas as 2/Lt. in the S.A. Infantry. After serving in Egypt he gained his lieutenancy and was transferred to France in May 1916. He fell in the battle of the Somme, July 1916. The son of Rev. W. N. Brown, Cape Colony
The second son of Mr. G. Washington Browne, R.S.A., was born in Edinburgh in 1892 and attended G.W.C. 1902-9. He subsequently became a planter in Ceylon and Southern India. Returning home on the outbreak of war, he was gazetted 2/Lt. in the 10th R.H. (Black Watch). He was subsequently attd. to the 9th Bn. in France, and was killed in trench action near Loos on Feb. 7, 1916.
A son of the Rev. G. Bruce, Kinlochluichart, was born in the Punjab, 1897, and was a pupil at G.W.C. 1904-15. A competent scholar, he proved also an efficient cadet, serving in the O.T.C. 1912-15. Gazetted 2/Lt. to the 4th A. and S. H. in 1915, he was appointed Bombing Officer to the Bn., and attached to 1st Cameron Hrs. He went through the Battle of the Somme, and was promoted Lt. in 1917. He specialised in bombing and musketry and held instructional posts in these at home and in France, till posted to 8th A. and S. H., with whom he served till his death at Hal, Belgium, of broncho-pneumonia Feb. 17, 1919.
