Brown, Wilfred Stephenson
Captain Wilfred Stephenson Brown, R.A.M.C. (S.R.) died on March 27th, on his way home from Mesopotamia of disease contacted on active service. He was the eldest son of Mr. R. Allen Brown of Bickley, Kent, and was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and at St. Thomas's Hospital, taking the diplomas of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1916. He joined the Special Reserve of the R.A.M.C. as lieutenant in 1917, and was promoted to captain on February 14th, 1918. British Medical Journal 3 May 1919
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Brown |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Wilfred Stephenson |
| Family details | Son of Robert Allen Brown and Agnes Wilfrida Brown, of "Sunnyside", Bickley, Kent. |
| Previous education | Charterhouse, Caius College, Cambridge |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1914-1916 |
| Qualifications | B.A. Cantab.; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Oct. 1916 |
| Military unit | R.A.M.C., 19th Casualty Clearing Station |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Campaigns | Mesopotamia April 1917 to March 1919 |
| Date of death | 27 March 1919 |
| Age at death | 26 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Burial place | Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre |
| Commemoration(s) | Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge Roll of Honour; St. Thomas's Roll of Honour |
| Notes | Wilfred Stephenson Brown, Captain R.A.M.C., St. Thomas's Hospital, son of Mrs Agnes Brown of Bickley died from disease, contracted in Mesopotamia on the train near Havre on his way home on 27th March 1919. Buried at Havre. University of London O.T.C. |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal; University of London O.T.C. 1914-1918 |