_s._ of David, 7th Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., by his wife,
Dorothea Elizabeth Thomasina, dau. of Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, 4th Bt.;
_b._ Shewalton, co. Ayr., 11 March, 1880; educ. Wanganui College,
New Zealand, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and joined the Ayrshire
Militia 27 May, 1898, and served through the South African War,
1901–2, part of the time with mounted infantry and for some time on
staff duties, receiving the Queen’s medal with five clasps. In 1903 he
joined the Regulars and was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, becoming Lieut. 6 June, 1906, and Capt. 10 April, 1912.
From 1908–9 he was extra Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Victoria,
and from 1909–11 Aide-de-Camp, and later, 1912–14, A.D.C. to Gen. Sir
H. Smith-Dorrien, Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Command. He was
killed in action at Chateau Warneton, near La Bassée, on 18 Oct. 1914
(being officially reported wounded and missing for seven weeks, until
a letter was received from a German officer who reported he was buried
at Chateau Warneton). He _m._ in London, 15 Sept. 1908, Katherine
Isabel Salvin (Marston House, Banbury), sister of Capt. Geoffrey Vaux
Salvin Bowlby, Royal Horse Guards, killed in action 13 May, 1915, and
dau. of the late Edward Salvin Bowlby, of Gilston Park, Herts, and had
three children: Patrick John Salvin, _b._ 21 April, 1910; Edward
James, _b._ 26 Feb. 1912; and Belinda Margaret Graeme, _b._ 4
Dec. 1913.
[Illustration: =Hon. James Boyle.=]
=BOYLE, THOMAS=, Private, No. 15645, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of Thomas Boyle, of 33, Lyons Lane,
Port Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action at Hooge, 27 Sept. 1915.
=BOYLE, THOMAS WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10345, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, only _s._ of William Boyle, Coldstream Guards, by his
wife, Bridget (102, Marian Street, Gateshead, co. Durham), dau. of
Thomas Jackson; _b._ Gateshead, 18 July, 1896; enlisted 4 Sept.
1913; died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 23 Oct. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Thomas William Boyle.=]
=BOYLE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 14602, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 4 Nov. 1914,
while a prisoner of war.
=BOYS, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9527), 200302, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRABAZON, HON. ERNEST WILLIAM MAITLAND MOLYNEUX=, =D.S.O.=,
Staff Capt., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th and yst. _s._ of
Reginald, 12th Earl of Meath, P.C., K.P., by his wife, Lady Mary Jane
Maitland, only surviving dau. of Thomas, 11th Earl of Lauderdale,
G.C.B.; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 22 March, 1884; educ. Dover
College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 9 Jan. 1904, promoted Lieut. 5 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 3rd Battn.
4 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war he went to the front with his
regt., was attached to the Staff, and was killed in action near La
Bassée, 17 June, 1915. He was buried in Cambrin Cemetery, near where he
fell. Capt. Brabazon was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch
[London Gazette, 1 Dec. 1914], in the following terms: “Has shown
conspicuous efficiency in Staff duties and in keeping up communication
with a long line of front composed of many units, where communication
was often difficult. He has carried and delivered messages under fire
with promptness and dispatch.” For these services he received the
D.S.O. Lord Cavan, commanding the Guards’ Brigade, wrote: “We simply
loved him. I can never tell you what he was to me, not only as a
Staff Officer but as a friend. He was priceless, invaluable and never
wearying in his work for the Brigade.” And Col. J. R. Drummond Hay,
commanding Coldstream Guards: “By his death the Army, as well as the
regt., has lost heavily.” He was keen on musketry and sport and a good
shot. He _m._ at the Guards’ Chapel, Wellington Barracks, S.W., 29
Oct. 1912, Dorothy Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Horace Ricardo, of Bramley
Park, Surrey, C.V.O.; _s.p._ His three brothers are now (1916) on
active service: Col. Lord Ardee, C.B., in command of the 1st Battn.
Irish Guards, has been wounded; Capt. the Hon. Arthur Brabazon, on
special service in Egypt; and Major the Hon. Claud Brabazon, of the
Irish Guards, now in the Royal Flying Corps.
[Illustration: =Hon. E. W. M. M. Brabazon.=]
=BRABROOK, ARTHUR HENRY=, Sergt., 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers)
City of London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frederick Joseph
Brabrook, of Bury St. Edmunds, Fish Merchant, by his wife, Emma;
_b._ Bury St. Edmunds, 18 Jan. 1879; educ. St. John’s Church
School. He joined the 18th Middlesex V.R.C. (Paddington Rifles) in
1904, which became the 10th Battn. of the London Territorials. He
became Colour-Sergt. of D Coy. in 1912, in which year the battn. was
disbanded and transferred to Hackney. This was too far away, so with
his Capt. (now Major Prance) and other men he formed a Paddington Coy.,
attached to the 3rd Battn. of the London Regt., and received the rank
of L.-Sergt. He went through the School of Instruction at Chelsea and
received a certificate and was promoted Sergt. When the battn. was
mobilised in Aug. 1914 they were sent to guard railway stations for a
month, and he was stationed at Arlesford with his section. On 4 Sept.
1914, he sailed for Malta, and after Christmas went to France, and
served through the Battles of Neuve Chapelle and La Bassée, where he
had a narrow escape, a shell bursting, knocking him down and burying
him under some bricks. He died 10 May, 1915, of wounds received at
Festubert, and was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Capt. C. E. Rochford
wrote: “He was killed through a shell bursting while advancing in an
attack on a German trench. He has been with me ever since we left
England, so I knew him well. He was a splendid man and a splendid
soldier.” He _m._ at. North Kensington, 5 Sept. 1908, Clara
Louisa (322, Ladbroke Grove, W.), 2nd dau. of Robert Wollington, of
Ladbroke Grove, W., Builder, and had two children: Ralph Robert Arthur,
_b._ 15 March. 1914; and Beatrice Caroline, _b._ 23 Sept.
1909.
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Brabrook.=]
=BRACEY, HUMPHREY ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 1768, 21st Battn. (1st
Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); _b._ Stoke Newington, 6
Sept. 1891; elder _s._ of Alfred Bracey, of Ashcroft, 30 Seymour
Gardens, Ilford, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of William James Hagger,
_b._ ....; educ. Grocer’s Company School, Hackney Downs, and
County High School, Ilford, and was in the employ of Parrs’ Bank
when war broke out. He enlisted in the 1st Surrey Rifles, 8 Aug.
1914, went to the front 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at
Festubert, 25–26 May, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt.
A. Hutchinson, wrote that he was exceptionally popular with all ranks
and that he, personally, regretted the “loss of a very promising and
fearless N.C.O.” And “Parrs’ Bank Magazine,” in recording his death,
said: “At the outbreak of war he was one of the first to offer his
services to his country. In the departments in which he was formerly
employed, he was ever ready to assist his colleagues, and was a most
generous and jovial companion. His absence will be especially noticed
on balance nights, settling days, &c., when the heavy work was much
lightened by his ready wit and humour. He was also well known in the
rifle section of the Sports Club, where he was one of the best shots.”
[Illustration: =Humphrey Alfred Bracey.=]
=BRACHER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9139, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Matthias Bracher of Gerrards Farm, Favant, near
Salisbury; _b._ co. Wilts; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action at Rentel, 12 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BRACKEN, JOHN=, Private, No. G. 773, 8th (Service) Battn. Royal
West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 26 Sept. 1915; _m._
=BRACKSTONE, HENRY=, Corpl., No. 7248, 1st Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 20 April, 1915; _m._
=BRADBURY, EDWARD CHAPNESS=, Private, No. 9409, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Samuel Bradbury, of 65, Queen
Street, Palfrey, Walsall, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William Baker;
_b._ Walsall, 18 Dec. 1893; educ. Palfrey School, Walsall, and
on leaving there was employed by Neville Bros. as a Portmanteau Lock
Maker. He enlisted 18 Jan. 1911, and three months before war was
declared was transferred to the 2nd Life Guards, but then transferred
back to his old regt., and was killed in action by a shell in an attack
on a farmhouse, 16 Nov. 1914; _unm._
=BRADBURY, EDWARD KINDER, V.C.=, Capt., L Battery, Royal Horse
Artillery, only _s._ of the late Judge James Kinder Bradbury,
J.P., Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge, by his wife, Grace
(Parkfield, Altrincham, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Edward Dowling;
_b._ Bowden, co. Chester, 16 Aug. 1881; educ. St. Ninian’s,
Moffat, Marlborough College and Woolwich; gazetted to the Royal Field
Artillery, 2 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 3 April, 1901, and Capt.
4 Feb. 1910. He joined the 125th Battery in Ireland, and in the later
stages of the South African War obtained a commission in Fincastle’s
Horse, with which he served on active service, obtaining the Queen’s
medal with two clasps. After the close of that campaign he returned to
Ireland, but in 1905 went to Uganda, and served with the 4th Battn. of
the King’s African Rifles till Aug. 1906, when he was invalided home
after severe fever. Coming home, he was transferred to the R.H.A., and
on the outbreak of war went to France with the Expeditionary Force. At
Néry, near Compiegne, on the last day of the retreat from Mons (1 Sept.
1914), L Battery, while covering the retreat, was attacked by a strong
German force with ten field guns and two Maxims. Three British guns
were brought into action, but two were quickly silenced. Capt. Bradbury
and his men served the remaining gun so well, however, that all but one
of the German guns were silenced; and when L Battery was relieved this
gun was captured. “Bradbury,” writes an artillery officer, recounting
this story, “was the real hero. He got the gun into action and gave
the orders. Mundy knelt on one side and did ranging officer, and
Brad., Campbell and Giffard, with the Battery Sergt.-Major, Gunner and
Driver, served the gun. Brad. had one leg taken off above the knee, but
still went on; Campbell ... was killed; Mundy was hit in both legs;
the Major, coming back hastily, was hit in the throat as he arrived.
Bradbury had his other leg taken off. Giffard was badly wounded,
and still they kept the last gun firing, and when I Battery and the
other Brigade came up they found that the Germans had left their guns
and bolted.” Capt. Bradbury, who was _unm._, was buried in the
cemetery at Néry. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 7 Sept. [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914], and was awarded the
Victoria Cross “For gallantry and ability in organising the defence of
L Battery against heavy odds at Néry on 1 Sept.” A General wrote: “Your
son was simply beloved by us all from me, his General, down to the last
joined subaltern. He was very nearly four years under my command, and I
looked upon him as one of the most brilliant officers I had ever come
across, one who, had God willed it, had a great career in front of him,
and the manner in which he met his death fighting a single gun to the
end after the loss of one leg was worthy of him.”
[Illustration: =Edward Kinder Bradbury.=]
=BRADDOCK, ARTHUR LESLIE=, Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., H.M.S.
Cressy, _s._ of William Braddock, of Sydney, New South Wales,
Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Alice, dau. of (--) Norman, Dental
Surgeon; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 22 Feb. 1877; educ.
Adelaide; joined the Royal Naval Reserve, Jan. 1908, and was appointed
Assistant Paymaster, 3 Feb. 1911, with seniority of 30 Jan. 1908.
He was appointed to the Cressy 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that
ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He _m._
at Liverpool, 15 July, 1912, Jeannie Scott (19, Huskisson Street,
Liverpool), dau. of the late Capt. William Henry Burt; _s.p._
=BRADDOCK, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13669 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRADFORD, ARTHUR JESSE GEORGE=, L.-Corpl., No. 766, B Coy., 16th
Battn. Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of the late Arthur
Jesse Bradford, of Clapton, N.E., by his wife, Gabriella (now a nurse,
of 106, Valkyrie Road, Westcliffe-on-Sea), dau. of Jesse Witts, of
Gloucester; _b._ Plaistow, co. Essex, 14 Nov. 1895; educ. London
Orphan School, Watford; joined the (Temperley & Co.) Merchant Service
when 16; then settled in Bunbury, Western Australia (1913), and
when war broke out was in the Bush, engaged in the lumber trade. He
immediately volunteered; left for Egypt with the Second Reinforcements
in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April,
1915, and was killed in action there the same day; _unm._ His yr.
brother, Edward Lionel Bradford, L.-Corpl., No. 142397, No. 1 Co., R.E.
(Signal Service), is now (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Jesse G. Bradford.=]
=BRADFORD, SIR EVELYN RIDLEY=, 2nd Bt., Lieut.-Col. 2nd Seaforth
Highlanders, eldest _s._ of Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford,
1st Bt., some time (1890–1903) Commissioner of Police of the
Metropolis, and an extra Equerry to His Majesty the King, by his 1st
wife, Elizabeth Adela, dau. of Edward Knight, of Chanton House, Alton;
_b._ India, 16 April, 1869; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 22 Aug. 1888, and promoted Lieut. 11 June, 1890, Capt. 3
July 1895, Major 26 June, 1902, Brevet Lieut.-Col. 10 May, 1913, and
Lieut.-Col. 10 June, 1913. He served with the Soudan Expedition in
1898, being present at the Battles of the Atbara and Khartoum, and on
the staff in the South African War, 1899–1902. He took part in the
operations in the Orange Free State from May to 29 Nov. 1900, including
actions at Poplar Grove, and Driefontein, and Witteberjer (1–29 July),
and during the operations in Cape Colony, Feb.-March, 1901. His
services were twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 7 May and
10 Sept. 1901], and in addition to the Queen’s medal with four clasps
and the King’s medal with two clasps, he received his brevet majority
and was placed on the list of officers considered qualified for staff
employment in consequence of service on the Staff in the field. At
the time of the outbreak of the European War he was in command of the
2nd Battn. of the Seaforths, the old 78th, and took them out from
Shorncliffe in Brig.-Gen. J. A. L. Haldane’s 10th Infantry Brigade,
which was brought up from the lines of communication in France to cover
the retirement of the Expeditionary Force on Cambray. This duty was
performed in the centre of the line by Major-Gen. Snow’s 4th Division,
consisting of the 10th, 11th and 12th Infantry Brigades. These units
broke the front of the German pursuit, and suffered in consequence.
as the 1st and 2nd Army Corps fell back. He was killed in action at
the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and was buried at Bucy Le
Long, near Soissons. Sir Edward Bradford was a famous cricketer and
played many fine games for Hampshire and the Army with Major Poore and
Capt Wynyard, of the Staff College, as contemporaries, the last time
he played in the County Eleven being against Surrey, at Aldershot, in
1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie
Clifton, 3rd dau. of Col. James Clifton Brown, and had three children:
Sir Edward Montagu Andrew, now 3rd Bt., _b._ 30 Nov. 1910; Ridley
Lewkenor, _b._ 11 April, 1912, and Donald Clifton, _b._ 22
May, 1914.
[Illustration: =Sir Evelyn R. Bradford.=]
=BRADFORD, GEORGE RICHARD=, 2nd Engineer, No. 773, H.M. trawler
Tern, _s._ of William Bradford, Labourer; _b._ 1878; was lost
in the trawler Tern off the west coast of Scotland, 23 Feb. 1915, while
mine sweeping. He _m._ at Hull, 28 June, 1898, Alice Edith (78,
Day Street, Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Robert Dibnah, Lamplighter, and
had two sons, George Thomas, _b._ 16 Feb. 1904, and Charles Henry,
_b._ 5 April, 1912.
[Illustration: =George Richard Bradford.=]
=BRADLEY, ERIC JATINGA=, Private, No. 140, 5th Battn. (London
Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., eldest _s._ of James Bradley, of
Grovehill, Suckley, co. Worcester, Tea Planter; _b._ London, 28
June, 1892; educ. Rottingdean, Rugby and Pembroke College Cambridge
(Honours); entered at the Inner Temple, but on the outbreak of war at
once enlisted; he proceeded with his battn. to France 4 Nov., and was
mortally wounded with four others in the early morning of 5 Dec. by
shrapnel, which burst on the parapet of the trench. He died the same
day at No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, being buried in the cemetery
there (No. 149); _unm._
=BRADLEY, REGINALD JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17049, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=BRADLEY, THOMAS=, Trooper, No. 13/296, Auckland Mounted Rifles,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Benjamin Bradley, of
Christchurch, formerly of co. Lincoln; _b._ Papains, Christchurch,
New Zealand, 16 June, 1884; educ. Christchurch High School; joined the
Mounted Rifles, 10 July, 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and
was killed in a night attack at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried on Walker’s Ridge there.
=BRADSHAW, FRANK SEYMOUR=, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince Albert’s
Somerset L.I. (the old 13th), only _s._ of the late Major Frank
Boyd Bradshaw (13th Somerset L.I.), by his wife, Catherine Douglas,
dau. of Capt. Loftus Nunn, late 99th Regt., and great-grandson of
Gen. Lawrence Bradshaw, some time commanding 13th L.I.; _b._
Weston-super-Mare, co. Somerset, 4 Dec. 1883; educ. East Sheen,
Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Jan. 1904, and promoted
Lieut. 12 June, 1906, and Capt. Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at
Ploegsteert Wood, 19 Dec. 1914, and was buried near Somerset House
there; _unm._ One of Capt. Bradshaw’s men wrote: “His death is
much regretted by the whole company, because they could always trust
him. He would never send his men where he would not go himself. He was
an exceptionally brave man, and knew his work, and it will be very
difficult to find his equal.”
[Illustration: =Frank Seymour Bradshaw.=]
=BRADSHAW, GEORGE RAMSON=, Stoker, 1st Class, E. 12797 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRADSHAW, MATTHEW=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12547, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRADY, EDMUND=, L.-Corpl., No. 9118, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots,
3rd _s._ of Patrick Brady, of 102, Waterloo Street, Crumpsall,
Manchester, Labourer, by his wife, Anne; _b._ Miles Platting,
Manchester, 2 Sept. 1881; educ. St. Edmund’s R.C. School there;
enlisted 9 Dec. 1904, and served eight years in India, winning a silver
spoon for shooting. An attendant at the Crumpsall Workhouse when war
was declared, he was called up, and was killed instantaneously in
action, during the advance at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, being struck in the
forehead by a bullet; _unm._
=BRAIK, JOHN=, Sergt., No. 22961, 12th, later 4th, Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Adam Braik, of Kemnay,
co. Aberdeen, Mill Owner, by his wife, Helen, dau. of John Ingram;
_b._ Garthy, co. Aberdeen, 5 Oct. 1868; educ. Kemnay Public
School, and was a mill owner. He joined the 4th Volunteer Battn. of
the Gordon Highlanders in 1880, and obtained a commission in the same
in 1896. On the outbreak of the South African War he enlisted as a
Private in the 2nd Scottish Horse and served through the latter part
of that campaign, receiving the medal. He was subsequently attached
to the R.G.A. as Instructor of Military Signalling, and was shooting
in the wilds of British Columbia when the European War began. He
immediately hastened several hundred miles through the North-West to
the nearest recruiting office and volunteered for service. He was
offered a commission in the second contingent, but declined to wait,
and was one of the last recruits entered for the first contingent, and
came over with them in Oct., crossing to France in Feb. He subsequently
returned to England to convey machine guns to the Front, and was given
charge of one on his return. He was seriously wounded 18 June, 1915,
by a shrapnel shell which burst above his gun, and was invalided to
England, where he died in the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, 5 Aug.
following. He was buried in Heroes Corner, Greenwich Cemetery.
[Illustration: =John Braik.=]
=BRAITHWAITE, JOSEPH=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BRAMALL, HORACE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7357, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRAMLEY, HAROLD=, 2nd Lieut., 2/5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry (T.F.), previously L.-Corpl. (C Squad.) Leicestershire
Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Cyril Richard Bramley, M.A. (Oxon.),
Vicar of St. John’s, Donisthorpe with Moira (St. Hilda); _b._
Manchester, 9 Feb. 1894; educ. St. John’s School, Leatherhead, 1904;
devoted himself to farming, and after a two years’ course on a farm
in Snarestone, went to Canada for nine months to see the conditions
of farming there; returning in Dec. 1913, he went to Kidlington,
near Oxford, to take charge of a farm, but on the outbreak of war
immediately rejoined the Leicestershire Yeomanry (in which he had been
1911–12); went with them to the Front in Nov. 1914, was in several
engagements, being promoted L.-Corpl. Feb. 1915, and 2nd Lieut. a week
before he was killed in action near Ypres, 13 May, 1915; _unm._
=BRAND, ERNEST STANLEY=, Capt., Royal Fusiliers, attd. West
African Rifles, _s._ of William Burmann Brand, of 19, Linzee
Road, Hornsey, N.; _b._ Stoke Newington, 3 Dec. 1878; educ.
Charterhouse; received his commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Battn.
Royal Fusiliers from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899, and was promoted Lieut.
27 Jan. 1900, and Capt. 19 Oct. 1904. He was seconded for service with
the Chinese Regt. at Wei-hai-Wei from 20 April, 1901, to 19 April,
1906; was employed with the West African Regt. from 14 July, 1906,
to Dec. 1910, and again from 19 Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of the
European War he was ordered to the Cameroons and was acting second in
command when killed in action during the fighting around Jabassi on 8
Oct. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at Dibandi. A picture of the cross
erected to his memory appeared in the Sketch for 5 June, 1915. Capt.
Brand was a clever Chinese linguist.
=BRANDON, JOHN COOPER=, 340733, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRANTINGHAM, GEORGE=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 155692 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BRASH, PRENTISE STEPHEN=, Petty Officer, 180365, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=BRASHAW, JOSEPH ARTHUR=, Capt., 16th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force, 3rd _s._ of Harry Brashaw, of Perth and Dudley House Farm,
Kwelkam, Kununoppin, West Australia, by his wife, Sebra, dau. of John
White, of Coventry, and nephew of Joseph White, of The Woodlands,
Cowper Road, Bournemouth; _b._ Woalingham, New South Wales, 1891;
educ. Bunbury, West Australia; joined the forces as a cadet when 17
years of age, and was later transferred to the Militia. He worked his
way up through the ranks and received his lieutenancy in 1913. On the
outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was sent to
Melbourne to assist in training the New Forces. Here he contracted
typhoid fever, and returned to West Australia, leaving for the front
in charge of reinforcements for the 16th Battn. He arrived in time to
take part in the historic landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915,
and was subsequently wounded during the heavy fighting on 17 May. When
convalescent he was given the opportunity of being invalided to England
as his foot had not fully recovered, but pleaded to be allowed to
rejoin his unit, and returned to duty on 17 July, being gazetted Capt.
on the 29th. Nine days later, on 7 Aug. 1915, he was killed in action
at Suvla Bay; _unm._
[Illustration: =Joseph Arthur Brashaw.=]
=BRASHIER, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2436, D Coy., 1/7th Battn.
Durham L.I., 2nd _s._ of James Brashier, by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of Hugh McKee; _b._ Durham, 20 Jan. 1895; educ. there; enlisted
after the outbreak of the war, and died in hospital at Boulogne, 14
May, 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._
=BRASIER, LEONARD GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
2406), 219840, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.