Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Charles Brown a butcher, born 1867 in Melton Mowbray, Leics., and his wife Ellen, born 1862 in Great Dalby, Leics. Charles Cecil was born in 1892 in Great Dalby, Leics., his siblings were, Ethel, born 1891, Frances Evelyn, born 1894, William, born 1896, Hedley, born 1896 and Lois Ellen, born 1900, all his siblings were born in Great Dalby, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at Dalby Street, Great Dalby, Leics. In April 1911 Charles was employed as a butcher and was residing in the family home at Great Dalby, Leics., together with his father, now a grazier, his mother and siblings, Ethel, Frances, William, Hedley and Lois.