Captain Ernest Brown was the husband of Ada Brown of 5, Daybrook Street, Sherwood, Nottingham. He served in the Ranks with the 1st Battalion from 1902 and  was in the detachment sent to guard the Embassy in China between 1902-1904. He served in India and by 1907 had been promoted to Sergeant.  

In 1912, he was posted to the 6th Battalion as an Instructor of Musketry. At the outbreak of the War in 1914, he was promoted to Company Sergeant Major and went with the 1/6th Battalion to France. On the 13th December 1915, he commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion on the 12th January 1916, but on the 13th September 1916, he was wounded at Arrowhead Copse, Guillemont. On the 24th April 1917, he was promoted to Lieutenant and on the 26th was Garrison Major and Adjutant.  He had just received authority to wear Captain rank and was laying footboards with "D" Coy when he was hit by a shell and killed at  Beaucamp Near Ribcourt, 20th November 1917