Soldier alive in the hearts of his loving family

I HA VE heard from members of the Brown family following the publication of the photograph of two soldiers recently.

“What a surprise to see the picture of my Uncle Frank,” says Rhoda Davidson of Cupar. “The young man in the picture was Frank Brown, my father’s elder brother. Frank came from the Cotton of Ovenstone near Kirkbuddo, by Forfar.

“He died aged 22 when the ship which had evacuated him after being wounded in Italy, was torpedoed off the North A frican coast. Dad, who died in June this year, was only 14 when he lost his big brother. Four years ago, he made it to A lexandria with my brother David and at the 11th hour of the 11th day of November he visited his big brother’s grave.

“Frank has always been a big part of our family despite his early death with that very same picture of him gracing the home of his mother and father and all his brothers and sister. A n earlier photograph of Frank was given to Dad by another family member and I was stunned to note the likeness to my grandson who at that time was 18.”

Raymond Brown of Forfar writes: “The soldier is my uncle, Frank Brown who was the son of Frank Brown and his wife, Euphemia. They lived at Cotton of Ovenstone, Inverarity.

“Frank died on May 30, 1941 and is buried in the military cemetery in A lexandria. He is remembered on the war memorial in Inverarity Chuchyard.”