Brown, George James

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George James Brown was a time-served upholsterer who had been born in the third quarter 1882 in Rothbury and lived with his parents in Reedsmouth and then No. 1 Cruddas Terrace, Bellingham. His parents were Thomas Brown, who worked on the railways and Dorothy Brown. In 1911 he was living with his widowed mother at 1 Cruddas Terrace but shortly afterwards, in the first quarter of 1912, married Margaret Armstrong, a local girl who knew Cruddas Terrace well. They had three sons: - Ernest (born 27 April 1912), George (19 May 1914) and Verdun (26 May 1916) He joined the army during World War 1 serving as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers. His death is recorded: - Private George James Brown 30814 of the 24th (Tyneside Irish) battalion Northumberland Fusiliers was killed on 7 August 1917. Aged 34, son of Dorothy and the late Thomas, husband of Margaret, Fountain Square, Bellingham. Native of Rothbury. It is sad that an army medical report bears the legend “committed suicide.”