{"id":24776,"date":"2018-12-05T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/?p=24776"},"modified":"2018-12-04T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T11:43:02","slug":"1918-a-porthill-scout-dies-in-france-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2018\/12\/05\/1918-a-porthill-scout-dies-in-france-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1918: A Porthill Scout Dies in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

One hundred years ago today, just under a month after the Armistice,\u00a0Gunner Ebenezer Brough 805608, 231st Bde. H.Q., Royal Field Artillery died aged 21 years on 5th December 1918. As he died after the war had ended it is assumed he died of the influenza pandemic that spread across the world in 1918.<\/p>\n

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Ebenezer\u00a0was a Porthill Scout, and was the last of eighteen of our Scouts, that we know of, that were killed in the Great War.<\/p>\n

You can read Ebenezer’s full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ebenezer Brough b. 1897 in Longbridge Hayes – d. France 1918<\/p>\n

Scouts from Porthill fought throughout the First World War including many of the famous battles: Mons, the Somme, Passchendaele and Gallipoli.
\nOne of our Scouts was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery and another was awarded the Military Medal for his . Many of our Scouts fought in the War and eighteen, that we know of, did not return.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
\nAge shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning,
\nWe will remember them.<\/p>\n

One hundred years ago today, just under a month after the Armistice,\u00a0Gunner Ebenezer Brough 805608, 231st Bde. H.Q., Royal Field Artillery died aged 21 years on 5th December 1918. As he died after the war had ended it is assumed he died of the influenza pandemic that spread across the world in 1918. Ebenezer\u00a0was a… <\/p>\n

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