PRIVATE JOHN HENRY (HARRY) BROWN V.C. -- Gananoque, Ontario
N 44° 19.715 W 076° 09.871
18T E 407152 N 4909028
Victoria Cross winner, died of his wounds in WW1.
Waymark Code: WM9BG2
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/26/2010
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PRIVATE JOHN HENRY (HARRY) BROWN -- VICTORIA CROSS
Born Gananoque 9 May 1898
Died of wounds 17 August 1917. Age 19
John Henry Brown enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 18 August 1916 and reported to the 10th Battalion in France in late June 1917.
On 15 August his company captured Hill 70, just east of Vimy Ridge. but on 16 August it was counter-attacked repeatedly. Private Brown delivered a vital message through an intense artillery barrage despite having an arm almost torn off. The message saved the lives of many comrades, but Private Brown died of his wounds the next day. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest honour award for bravery in the British Commonwealth. Only 94 Canadians have earned it since it was created in 1856.
They shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
we will remember them.
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