British War Medal (4-3662 PTE. A. BROWNETT. NORTH'D FUS.); Victory Medal (4-3662 PTE. A. BROWNETT. NORTH'D FUS.); Memorial Plaque (ARTHUR BROWNETT)
British War Medal (G-69666 PTE. O. BROWNETT. THE QUEEN'S R.); Victory Medal (G-69666 PTE. O. BROWNETT. THE QUEEN'S R.); Memorial Plaque (OLIVER BROWNETT) - medals and plaques mounted recessed in an attractive wooden frame.
Arthur Brownett was born in Nottingham in April 1887. He attested at Derby and served in WWI with the 1/4 battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. On the afternoon of the 16th September, the 1/4th Northumberland Fusiliers were relieved from Hook Trench and moved to Mametz Wood having sustained 499 casualties. It was during the assault towards Hook Trench and the Starfish Line in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on 15 September that Arthur Brownett was killed. His body was not recovered and his name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial
Oliver Brownett was born in Nottingham in 1898 and was 11 years younger than his brother, Arthur. He enlisted first with the RASC with no. 281742 before transferring to the 6th Royal West Surrey Regiment. During the fighting around Hamel Oliver Brownett was wounded in action and died from his wounds on 30 March 1918. This was during the German Spring offensive codenamed Michael. His body was recovered and he was later buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery in the Somme.
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