George Benson Brown Article (Death) 1914


Source:   "Globe and Mail" Newspaper (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Wednesday, April 15, 1914
Page 02, Column 3
Date of Death:   Monday, April 13, 1914

ONTARIO MAN KILLED IN INDIA
Capt. Brown Shot By A Crazed Orderly


Mrs. R. W. Ralfe, of 167 Madison avenue received a cablegram from India last night telling her that her brother, Capt. George P. (should be 'B') Brown of the 68th Rifles, was killed on Monday by a crazed orderly. Capt. Brown was stationed at Wano, on the Afghanistan frontier. Besides Capt. Brown it is believed that two others were killed and four mortally injured.

The late Capt. Brown was born in Ingersoll, Ont., and had been stationed in India for eighteen years. He was in Toronto during 1913 on furlough, and was 36 years old. Mr. Gordon Brown of the Audit Department, Parliament Buildings, is a brother.



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