LEST WE FORGET 83 BROWN, Norman Arlo WWII Norman Arlo Brown, son of Myron and Alvera Brown, was born on November 22, 1920. He worked as a grain buyer with his father in Hawarden, Saskatchewan before he enlisted in Saskatoon on June 22, 1940 with the Royal Canadian Infantry Corp. Overseas, he was attached to the East Yorkshire Regiment. Norman Brown was involved in the battle of the Falaise Pocket in which the Allies encircled 150,000 German soldiers in a major encounter that effectively signaled the end of the German Army in France. The exact cause of Lieutenant Brown’s injuries is not known, but he was discovered wounded on the battlefield and died two days later on September 8, 1944. He is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery near Calvados, France. He left a wife behind in Winnipeg. BROWNLEE, George George Brownlee was born in 1914 to Malcolm and Mary Brownlee at Rosetown, Saskatchewan. After the death of his father, he, his mother, brother Crawford and six sisters moved to Elkhorn, Manitoba to live with his uncle. He lived there until his teen years when he came West to be near his sisters at Elrose, Saskatchewan. George answered his call to the Canadian Army, joining the Medical Corps and spent two-and-a-half years in England as an orderly in a Military Hospital there. George was a dedicated member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 206 in Elrose. BROWN, Thomas Lancelot WWI Thomas Lancelot Brown was born in London, England on February 12, 1892, to Harry and Gertrude Brown. He was one of four siblings. How and when he made his way from England to Canada is unclear. At the age of 22, he enlisted in Regina on September 22, 1914, and trained at Valcartier, Quebec. Single at the time, Thomas Brown listed his occupation as an engineer (mechanical). He served with the 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry in France from October 10, 1914 until he was presumed killed in action on May 15, 1915. He had been wounded and reported missing on May 13. Thomas Brown’s death occurred during the Battle of Ypres, the location where the German army first used chlorine gas. He is commemorated at the famous Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. His name is listed in the Hawarden School Roll of Honour, although no further details are provided.
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