Percy Brown

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Percy Brown was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, on 26 Feb 1881 and baptised there on 3 Apr 1881 the son of Frederick George and Annie Brown.  He lived most of his early life in Coventry,  He married Elizabeth Mary Waterson at Christ Church, Kingston, Liverpool, on 6 Mar 1901.  By 1911 he was living in Tower Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, working as a Domestic Chauffeur and Mechanic.  According to the Absent Voters List for 1918 he served with the 2nd/1st Battalion of the Sussex Yeomanry as a Private (Service No. 46215).  No other military records have been found.  The 1921 Census shows him living in Tower Cottages, Iwerne Minster working as a Motor Mechanic and Driver. The Electoral Roll of 1927 shows that Percy was still living in Iwerne Minster but nothing has been found beyond this time.