Date of Birth
29 February 1888
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
LCC, Blundell Road, Finsbury
Service number
2048
WW1 rank
Private
Cameron Highlanders, 4th Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
17 May 1915
Location of death
Battle of Loos, France
Buried/memorial
Le Touret Memorial, France (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 41 and 42)
Biography
Private Harry Fisher Brown was the son of Elizabeth and George William Buckby. He attended Borough Road College for two years, and played for the college team during that time. He is then listed as being destined for a teaching post at a school in Finsbury. In September 1914 Buckby joined the Cameron Highlanders. He died at the Battle of Loos on 17 May 1915 aged 27.
Sources
Entry on p.86 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Borough Road College 1905 applications, BFSS/2/9/13/4, BRCFB004, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), 1909 Annual Report