Sgt. Air Gunner George BROWN

1921 - 1944  (22 years)

• Name	George BROWN
  Prefix	Sgt. Air Gunner
  Birth	18 Nov 1921	Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Aug 1944	near Croft Spa Railway Station, Co. Durham, England
  Burial	Harrowgate, Yorkshire, England
  	Address: Harrowgate Cemetery
  Person ID	I2419	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Fred BROWN,   b. Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1944
  Mother	Mary HOYE,   b. 11 Dec 1894, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Sep 1967, Taber, , Albert, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone-Brown, Sgt George (Military) Block 3 - Methodist Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  
  

  Histories

  Brown, Sgt. Air Gunner George

  
  

• Notes

  Cobden of the Past by Faysgenealogy November 11, 2019 · ...Cobden of the Past WWII casualties Sgt. Air Gunner George Brown, son of Fred Brown and Mary Hoye, was born on 18 Nov 1921 in Toronto, died on 30 Aug 1944 near Croft Spa Railway Station, Co. Durham, England aged 22, and was buried in Harrowgate Cemetery, Harrowgate, Yorkshire, England. Sgt. Brown was serving with the 434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, service number R143614. The aircraft, a Halifax III MZ.626 crashed at Croft field near Croft Spa Railway Station, Co. Durham, England in a non-operations night flight. Seven crew on board were killed. The cause of the crash was undetermined. He was the grandson of Thomas Hoye and Annie Laforce of Cobden and attended public and high school in Cobden. A memorial gravestone is in Cobden Union Cemetery. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/?/second-world-w?/Pages/item.aspx?& https://www.veterans.gc.ca/?/canadian-virtua?/detail/2623411 https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/?/brown,-george/