Lorne Edward Brown
Lorne Edward Brown was born 1 July 1896 in Lindsay ON. His parents, Robert and Isabell Brown of OPS, had 4 boys and 3 girls in total, with Lorne arriving as the youngest son and the 2nd youngest of all the children.
On 22 September 1914, Lorne travelled to Valcartier PQ with his oldest brother, William, and they both enlisted with the 14th Battalion. Their middle brother Percy would enlist in Lindsay in early 1915 with the 39th Battalion and was eventually wounded and invalided home. All three brothers served with the 45th Victoria Regiment. William would become a Prisoner of War in August 1915, being held in the Giessen POW Camp near Frankfurt until he was released in December 1918. In an interesting twist of fate, Lorne enlisted only 2 spots in line behind Jacob Bolton, whose name appears 2 places above Lorne on the cenotaph.
As his war record details, Lorne seemed to have a difficult time staying healthy during his service. He spent 3 separate periods in 1916 and 1917 in hospital with pneumonia and pleurisy, and had to be treated for ulcers on his leg as a result of trench foot. There is no clear indication in the 14th Battalion war diaries about signification action that was taking place during the period before Lorne died of his wounds on 26 September 1918. The Battle of Canal Du Nord started at 5am on 27 Sept 1918, so it is possible that he was involved in this and wounded early in the battle, with the note being taken as 26 September. A diary from No 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, where Lorne died, was left behind by the doctors and it notes his condition as: Died of S.W. L. Arm, Back-pen; Abdomen, L leg fractured.
Lorne Brown is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun France. He was 22 years old.
