Brown,+Arthur

Private, 271st Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Service No: 86221. Formerly 32266, North Staffordshire Regt.
 * Arthur Brown**

Born and resident in Oakworth, enlisted at Haworth. Died 27th May 1918. CHATBY MEMORIAL

Built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Launched on 16th March 1915. Chartered as a troop transport in 1917. Torpedoed on 27th May 1918, by UB 51, whilst en route from Alexandria to Marseilles with 3000 troops on board. She took 90 minutes to sink with the loss of 102 lives, including her Master, Captain Edward J Holl, DSC.
 * His Majesty's Troopship LEASOWE CASTLE:**