Albert Victor Chown

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Albert Victor Chown was born in Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, on 12 Jun 1888 and baptised there on 1 Jul 1888 the son of Thomas Chown and Mary Ann Chown (nee Billingham).  He lived all his life apart from Military Service in Berwick St. John.  He had enlisted with the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 203620).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but he was with the 1st/4th Battalion and discharged on 2 Jan 1920 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals.  Both the 1921 Census and 1939 Register show him living with his widowed mother at Clarke's House, Berwick St. John, described as a Dairy Farmer. He died in Berwick St. John on 24 May 1963 and was buried at St. John's Church, Berwick St. John.  He had remained single all his life.