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Cyril BROWN [1904-1997]

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Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2012-03-13 18:33
Names
Given: 
Cyril
Family: 
Brown
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1904-01-12
Birthplace (town, state): 
County Cork
Birthplace (country): 
Ireland
Death
Date: 
c.1997-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

John Black's list gives his occupation in 1941 as "Clerk in Holy Orders", the official title for a clergyman in the Church of England.

Barbara Anslow:

Rev Cyril Brown, very popular on Stanley stage, also known for his kindness and help  to fellow internees.

Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2014-06-25 17:01.

Cyril Brown was born in County Cork on January 12, 1904.

He died in February, 1997 aged 93.

Most of his working life was involved with the Missions to Seamen. After the war he was responsible for re-establishing Missions in the main Japanese ports.

In 1956 he was made a chaplain to the Queen and awarded CBE.

Gomes Newsletter, 1 April, 1997

Submitted by Conner Hackett on Mon, 2019-09-02 17:06.

Cyril Brown could have been responsible for writing the Stanley community song titled ‘Sail Away’ (see https://gwulo.com/node/10389). I only say this because I have in my possession a somewhat elderly copy of the song (typed version) which bears Cyril’s full signature at the end – nothing definite to back this up but it’s perhaps an indication that the song originates from him.