. 6 Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Captain Westcott Brown, a poet, was reported wounded and missing, aged 23, on 16 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is recorded as having gone out with a sergeant to reconnoitre. The sergeant was subsequently found dead but Captain Westcott Brown was not found. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at This image is from IWM Collections.

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