Edward BROWN

1882 - 1941  (58 years)

• Name	Edward BROWN  [1]
  Birth	6 Apr 1882	At Sea   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Enlisted	Between 1914 and 1918
  	Too many Browns to look at
  Census	19 Jun 1921	Pennyffordd, Flintshire, Wales   [4]
  	Age: 39y 2m
  	Address: Rhos Road
  	Relation to Head of House: Head Motor Engineer & Fitter - Own Account Number of Children (under 16) by age:- (2) 3, 5
  Census	29 Sep 1939	Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales   [3]
  	Age: 57y
  	Address: Can't read house name
  	Born: 06/04/1882 Fitter at Steel Works - Heavy Lifter
  Reference Number	B 0421b
  Death	9 Jan 1941	Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales   [2, 5]
  	Age: 59y
  Person ID	I671	Simpson
  Last Modified	20 May 2023

  
  

  Father	William BROWN
  Mother	Unknown [BROWN]
  Family ID	F2770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Mary BOULTON,   b. 24 Oct 1880, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 7 Nov 1960, Blackpool, Lancashire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1915	St Michael-in-the-Hamlet, Liverpool, Cheshire, England   [6, 7, 8]
  	Edward is the 2nd son of his parents Ethel is eldest daughter of her parents
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Apr 1882 - At Sea Census - Age: 57y,Address: Can't read house name - 29 Sep 1939 - Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Death - Age: 59y - 9 Jan 1941 - Penyffordd, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In 1916 was Engine Room Artificer, Marine Engineers, Merchant Service Waiting for feedback from Richard as to whether Edward was serving on one of the cruisers [11/03/2006] The cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue were on patrol off the Dutch coast to prevent German Forces from moving south to attack Channel troop convoys. Owing to bad weather the three cruisers were without their destroyer screen. At 0630 hrs on 20 September there was a voilent explosion on Aboukir's starboard side. She quickly assumed a 20 deg list to starboard while efforts were made to right the ship by counterflooding. However the list kept on increasing until it was clear that she was going to capsize. Abandon ship was ordered and the Hogue prepared to rescue her crew. At 0655 hrs Aboukir capsized and floated bottom up for a while before sinking Captain Drummond though that his ship had been mined but in fact she had been torpedoed by U9(Kapitanleutnant Otto Weddigen). U9 then torpedoed Hogue (Capt W Nicholson) who was trying to rescue Aboukir's crew, and it was now abundantly clear to Capt R W Johnson of HMS Cressy what had sunk Aboukir and Hogue, nevertheless, she stopped to pick up their survivors. She thus became Weddigen's third victim in less than an hour. In total, 60 officers and 777 men were saved from the three ships which means that the death toll from the three ships was 1,459. Among the dead were many boy seamen from HMS Ganges and officer cadets from the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S290] Richard Brown's records. [S290] Richard Brown's records, 1 Jan 1980. [S1401] 1939 Nat Reg - RG 101-7623-7623A-014, 19 Feb 2016, RG101/7623A/014/14. [S3895] 1921 Census RG15-27644-0501 - Brown, Edward, 22 Oct 2022. [S3241] BMD - Death Index, 11 Sep 2010, 1941 JAS Hawarden 11b 618. [S290] Richard Brown's records, 1 Jan 2006. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1915 AMJ Toxteth Park 8B 357. [S5123] Marriage Notice - Brown, Edward - Boulton, Ethel Mary, 20 May 2023.