CAMERON, JOHN THOMAS, M.A., Private, No. 59639, 5/2nd Battn. Machine Gun Corps. 3rd s. of John Cameron, of Rose Vale Cottage, Row, Gardener: b. Kilchrenan, co. Argyle, 21 March, 1890; educ. Row Public School: Hermitage School, and Glasgow University (where he took his M.A. degree in Nov. 1914); enlisted in the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 12 July, 1916: served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from the following Dec.; proceeded to France in March. 1918, being transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action south of Cambrai 3 Oct. following. Buried where he fell: unm.

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Burke E Pte 13614 Machine Gun Corps

BURKE, EL MUND, Private, No. 136914, 19th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, eldest s. of Mark William Burke, of 29, Spondon Road, Broad Lane, South Tottenham, N., by his wife, Annie; b. Clerkenwell, E.C., 6 May, 1899; educ. Earlsmead School, Tottenham, N.; enlisted 7 May, 1917: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 28 April, 1918, and was killed in action 6 June following. An officer wrote: “I liked him awfully, as did all the men; he was such a nice boy, always willing to do his best under any trying circumstances.” Unm.

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Bryant A M Cpl 23241 Machine Gun Corps

BRYANT, ALFRED MILES, Corpl., No. 23241, 140th Machine Gun Corps, only 8. of the late Job Bryant, by his wife, Catherine (52 Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton, London, N.); b. Edmonton, N., in 1888; educ. Croyland Road School there was a Clerk enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Thiépval 16 Sept. 1916. An officer wrote: “He set a splendid example by his coolness and cheerfulness; he is a great loss to this company.” Unm.

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Brown S S Lt MC Machine Gun Corps

BROWN, SYLVESTER SAMUEL, M.C., Lieut., 9th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, yst. s. of Matthew Brown, of Ilkley Mount, Greenwood Park, near Durban, by his wife, Harriett, dau. of Thomas Powell: b. Greytown, Natal, South Africa, 3 March, 1891; educ. South African High School, Durban, and Johannesburg Training College; was employed commercially joined the 2nd Durban Light Infantry, and took part in the German West African Campaign on the completion of which he at once proceeded to England, in order to volunteer for active service joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Sept. 1915, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 9th London Regt. 22 Sept. 1915, and promoted Lient, in Dec. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1916; was transferred to the 9th Machine Gun Corps the following April, and was killed in action in Belgium 25 April, 1918. His Commanding Officer, Lieut. Col. F. G. Chalmer, wrote: “He was a most gallant officer, and his work had been uniformly splendid ever since the heavy fighting began. On 21 March, 1 sent his name in for a reward for his gallantry during the fighting on the Somme, and on the day of his death I heard that he had been awarded a bar to his Military Cross Always cheerful and a magnificent example to his men, he is an irreparable loss to my battalion.” He was awarded the Military Cross with two bars for gallantry in the field; unm.

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BROOKS, ARTHUR JAMES, Private, No. 150350, Machine Gun Corps, eldest s. of Arthur Brooks, of 18, Victoria Avenue, Hull, Merchant’s Accountant, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of William A. Moses, Builder; b. Hull, co. York, 20 Nov. 1889; educ. Grammar School there was a Clerk volunteered for active service, and enlisted in the R.F.A. 18 June, 1915; was transferred to the East. Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry about four months later; proceeded to Egypt with his regiment 10 Dec. 1916, and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine, where he took part in the fighting at Gaza, and in many other engagements: was sent with his regiment to France in June, 1918, which was transformed into a Machine Gun Corps, and died at No. 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 8 Nov. following, of wounds received in action near Valenciennes on 29 Oct. previously. Buried in St. Séver Cemetery Extension: unm.

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BROCKBANK, ROBERT, Private, No. 63526, Machine Gun Corps, s. of the late Henry Moore Brockbank, by his wife, Mary (-) (Bankrigg Cottage, Bay Horse, near Lancaster); b. Forten, near Lancaster, 14 April, 1887; educ. Ripley Hospital, Lancaster; enlisted 10 Aug. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 15 Dec. following, and was killed in action at Ypres 28 Sept. 1917, while in a Tank. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was very plucky, and I have never known him to turn a hair even when in very tight corners.” He m. at Blackpool, 9 Sept. 1911, Elizabeth Alice, dau. of Thomas Webster, and had a son, Robert Reginald, b. 7 Feb. 1917.

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BRINDLE, WILLIAM, (‘orpl., No. 45355. Machine Gun Corps, 2nd s. of the late Robert Brindle, by his wife. Emma, dau. of William Chadwick; b. Chorley, co. Lancaster, 3 Jan. 1891: edue. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School there; was a Mill Overlooker: enlisted in the Machine Gun Corps 29 May, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died at No. 22 General Hospital. Etaples, 1 Dec. 1918, of broncho-pneumonia, contracted while on active service. Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery. He m. at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Chorley, 20 May. 1916, Ethel Maud (101, Seymour Street. Chorley), dan, of Wilfred Rateliffe: s.p.

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BRASH, ROBERT, Private, No. 105136, Machine Gun Corps, s. of Robert Brash, of 12, Society Place, West Calder, Stableman, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Joseph Rankine; b. West Calder, co. Midlothian, 21 Nov. 1883; educ. Public School there was a Cabinet Maker enlisted in Nov. 1900; served 12 years with the Colours and afterwards in the Reserve; was called up on mobilization 4 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from that month, and was killed in action 1 April, 1918. Buried where he fell. He m. 31 Dec. 1913, Eliza, dau. of (-) Mackay, and had a dau., Margaret.

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BLOOR, HAROLD BERTRAM, Sergt., No. 55071, 34th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, only s. of the late Richard Bloor, by his wife (-) (now wife of S. Westwood, of 3 back, 22 Guest Street, Hockley, Birmingham), dau. of W. H. Tongue; b. Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, 14 Feb. 1900; educ. Warstone Lane there; was a Cycle Worker; enlisted in March, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 16 April, 1917, and died at No. 12 General Hospital, Rouen, 11 Aug. 1918, from wounds received in action at Bethune on or about the 1st of that month. Buried in the St. Séver’s Cemetery Extension, Rouen; unm.

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BIRD, BERTIE, Private, No. 15502, 6th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, 3rd s. of James Bird, of Little Cornard, Sudbury, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Rivers; b. Boxted, 28 June, 1899; educ. Great Cornard County Council School; joined the London Regt. 29 Nov. 1917; was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in April: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 2 July, 1918, and died at No. 16 General Hospital, Tréport, 22 Oct. following, of wounds and gas poisoning. Buried in Mont Huon Cemetery; unm.

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