Wife lived at 120 Drumfrochar Road, Greenock. Employed as a craneman in Caird & Co's foundry on Arthur Street

Burned to death in an explosion of ammunition train in Belgium.

Hamont - Deadly explosion

On 18 November 1918, the municipality was the site of one of the worst train explosions in history, when two German munitions trains caught fire and exploded. Not only were the trains destroyed, but three German ambulance trains were also wiped out, along with most of the town. More than 1,000 individuals were killed.

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Alexander G Brown

Brown/Muir