The Harris / Thornton Family - Person Sheet
NameReginald BROWN
Birth17 Aug 1893, Tunstall, Staffordshire
Residence1939, Sunnyside, Alsager, Cheshire Age: 45
OccupationManaging Director Motor Bus Co. 1939
FatherJohn Edward BROWN (1852-1917)
MotherHarriett SKELLON (1865-1917)
Spouses
Marriage12 Sep 1917, Smallthorne
Notes for Reginald BROWN
Managing Director, Brown’s Motor Co. (Tunstall) Ltd.
Retired to Abersoch near Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Reg was an officer in the Merchant Navy before the Great War and a member of the Royal Naval Reserve. He ended the war with the rank of Lieutenant, having served in the elite submarine service, as a submariner and, later, on submarine supply ships. During the Second War, Reg was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the local Home Guard. There is quite an amusing piece about him on the website at the end of this link, together with some photographs. There is a watercolour showing one of the old Brown’s Buses which he had had converted into his “mobile command centre” – much like Montgomery in Africa.15
Retired to Abersoch near Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Reg was an officer in the Merchant Navy before the Great War and a member of the Royal Naval Reserve. He ended the war with the rank of Lieutenant, having served in the elite submarine service, as a submariner and, later, on submarine supply ships. During the Second War, Reg was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the local Home Guard. There is quite an amusing piece about him on the website at the end of this link, together with some photographs. There is a watercolour showing one of the old Brown’s Buses which he had had converted into his “mobile command centre” – much like Montgomery in Africa.15
Military notes for Reginald BROWN
Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve in 1917.
Served on HMS Albion
Home Guard WWII
Served on HMS Albion
Home Guard WWII