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BRONSDON, ARTHUR EDWIN, Private, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regt.). s. of the late Charles Bronsdon, Builder, by his wife, Laura, dau. of Alfred Postle; b. Blackheath, London. S.E., 11 Nov. 1890; educ. St. Michael’s School there was employed as a Clerk on the London Stock Exchange; enlisted 9 June, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 1 March, 1917, from wounds received in action the previous day; unm.
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BROMLEY, JOHN LEDGER, Lieut.. Motor Transport, Army Service Corps, attd. Royal Air Force. 2nd surv. s. of the late Richard Bromley, Clerk of the Peace for Flintshire, and Clerk to the County Council, by his wife, Edith (Craigmoor, Rhyl), dau. of (-) Bellamy; and brother to 2nd Lieut. H. F. G. Bromley (killed in action at the Battle of Loos in Sept. 1915): b. Rhyl, co. Flint, 30 June, 1897; educ. Rossall School, where he held a Classical Scholarship; was learning Engineering; joined the Army Service Corps (Ammunition Branch of the Motor Transport) in June, 1916; was gazetted 2nd Lient. Army Service Corps 10 Sept. following: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the 20th of the same month until June, 1918, when he transferred to the Royal Air Force; obtained his Wing early in Sept.; proceeded to France on the 11th, and was killed in aerial action, east of Candry, 29 Sept. 1918; unm.
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BROCKWAY ROBERT WILLIAM, Private, No. 47325, 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regt.), eldest 8. of James Thomas Brockway. of Bishop’s Fonthill, Salisbury, Carter; b. Swallowcliffe, co. Wilts, 3 Nov. 1889; educ. Bishop’s Fonthill aforesaid; enlisted 25 June, 1918, and died at the Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital, Pembury, co. Kent, from illness contracted while on military service. Buried at Bishop’s Fonthill, co. Wilts; 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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BROCK, PERCY DOUGLAS, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. (10th Foot) The Lincolnshire Regt., eldest s. of the late Frank Leuches Brock, of 5, Aubrey Walk, Kensington, W., by his wife, Agnes Edna (70, Gray Street, Lincoln), dau. of James East, of Lincoln: b. Hampton, co. Middlesex, 27 Jan. 1896; educ. North District School, Lincoln; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. 11 Feb. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Oct. 1914 was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, in Jan. 1915; on recovery returned to France: took part in many important engagements, being twice slightly wounded: returned home to train for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Lincolnshire Regt. 28 Nov. 1917; joined his battalion in France the following April: was transferred to 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Rosnay, west of Rheims, 29 May, 1918. Major W. H. G. Goater wrote: “It may solace you somewhat to know that he died fighting, bravely leading his men at a time when we were being very heavily pressed, and only the staunchness of such as your son save the situation,” and Major the Hon. W. Littleton: “He was a good soldier, and was loved by all in the battalion, and I am sure, if he had been spared, there was a brilliant future in front of him as a soldier. His was a great life given for his country. He met his death at the head of his men.” Unm.
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BROADWAY, CHARLES VICTOR, Private, No. 200170, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of the late Richard Broadway. of City Road, London, E.; b. London; educ. the Grammar School, Kingsland, N.; enlisted in the Essex Regt. 25 June, 1916; subsequently transferred to the Royal Scots; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 19 April, 1918. Buried in the Military Cemetery at Bien Villers, south-east of Doullens. The Chaplain wrote: “The officers told me that they had lost one of the brightest of men. He was loved by all.” Private Broadway had eleven brothers, all of whom saw active service. He m. at Shoreditch Church, London, E., in 1910, Beatrice Daisy (20, Peabody Cottages, Lordship Lane, N.), dau. of Stephen Worboves, and had two children: Beatrice Marjorie and Edna Daisy.
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BROAD, JOHN ERIC, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Hertfordshire Regt., eldest s. of Thomas John Broad, of Earlsgate, Watford, H.M. Coroner for Watford Division of Herts, by his wife, Amelia Florence, yr. dau. of W. T. Coles, J.P., of Watford; and brother to Capt. F. B. Broad, M.C. (q.v.); b. Watford aforesaid, 26 April, 1894: educ. Aldenham School, Elstree; was a Law Student: joined the Artists’ Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from early in 1915; was invalided home in Sept. of that year, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. The Hertfordshire Regt. on 2 Dec. 1915, being promoted Lieut. in Dec. 1916; returned to France in Oct. 1917, and was killed in action at Mont St. Quentin 23 March, 1918, while fighting a rearguard action, covering the retirement of the men under his command. He was at first reported as missing, but subsequently a letter was received from a private of the Black Watch, who was a wounded prisoner in Germany, giving an account of his death on the field on the 23rd. He was a good all-round athlete and a popular officer; unm.
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BROAD, FRANCIS BOASE, M.C., Capt., 1st Battn. (57th Foot) The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), 2nd s. of Thomas John Broad, of Earlsgate, Watford, H.M. Coroner for Watford Division of Herts, by his wife, Amelia Florence. yr. dau. of W. T. Coles, J.P., Watford; and brother to Lieut. J. E. Broad (q.v.): b. Watford, co. Hertford, 20 April, 1895; educ. St. Lawrence’s College, Ramsgate, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; volunteered for active. service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Public Schools and University Battn. in Aug. 1914; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Middlesex Regt. 10 May, 1915; promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1916, and Capt. July, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915; was invalided home, suffering from injuries accidentally received, in Sept. of the same year; was severely wounded on the Somme in-1916, and again invalided home; returned to France in Nov. 1917, and was killed in action near Englefontaine 24 Oct. 1918. Buried behind the lines.
His Lieutenant wrote: “During the advance on the 24th Oct. we were held up by machine-gun fire, which was causing no end of trouble; we managed to get up to within 50 yards of it, then your our son gave us orders to charge it, which we did, and succeeded in capturing the position. Your son led the charge, and was the first to enter the position. As the enemy were retreating, he seized a rifle and commenced firing at them; it was while firing he got hit, and died instantly,” and a former Commanding Officer: “I was his Commanding Officer in Belvedere Camp and I learned to admire his splendid qualities from the first day I saw him. He was a very fine soldier, and a born leader of men, and, what counted more in my mind, he was the ideal of an upright, honourable, straightforward, English gentleman… His influence with the other boys in the camp was great, and invariably exercised for good.” A brother officer also wrote: “Everyone had the greatest admiration and regard for your boy. He was one of our very finest and most capable officers, possessed of wonderful courage and resourcefulness, and gifted with powers of leadership and forethought far beyond his years.” He was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 24 Sept. 1918], for gallantry in the field; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5
Brine G W Pte 204395 6th Wiltshire Regiment
BRINE, GEORGE WILLIAM, Private, No. 204395, 6th (Service) Battn. The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regt.), 8. of George Brine, of Marston Magna; b. Marston Magna, co. Somerset, 12 Feb. 1895; educ. County Council School there; was employed on the Great Western Railway; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt. 30 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Feb. 1918; was taken prisoner 23 March, and died a prisoner of war at Gelsenkerchin, Germany, 29 Dec. 1918, of pneumonia and paralysis of the heart. Buried in Gelsenkerchin Cemetery. A comrade wrote: “George was a very patient fellow during his illness, and a better chum no one could wish for. He was liked by all who knew him, for though in captivity, his cheery disposition won him many friends, and before taken ill he tried to make everyone around him happy, despite the trying circumstances we were in.” He m. at Marston Magna Parish Church, 18 April, 1917, Edith Lili Lilian (Broadway, (Broadway, Market Lavington), dau. of Henry Arnold; s.p.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5
Brindley V G 2nd Lt Royal Air Force
BRINDLEY, VICTOR GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., Royal Air Force, elder s. of George Joseph Brindley, of Spring Vokolakte, Kopjes, Orange Free State, South Africa, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie Elizabeth; and gdson. of the late Walter Brindley, of Woollaston, near Stafford, England; b. Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 5 Feb. 1890; edue. Mill Mead, Shrewsbury, and Oundle School; on the completion of his education he returned to South Africa, and took up farming with his father; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joining the forces under General Botha, fought in the South African campaign; joined the 3rd South African Infantry on 12 Aug. 1915; served first in Egypt, from 25 Dec. 1915, to May, 1916, and subsequently with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1916, to 27 July, 1917, taking part in the Battle of Delville Wood 18 Aug. 1916, Vimy Ridge, and in many other engagements, transferring to the Royal Flying Corps 29 July, 1917; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in Nov. 1917; gained his Wings, and returned to France on 14 July following, and was killed in aerial action on 30 Aug. 1918. Buried at Amiens. He was a keen sportsman, excelling in games and a good runner; he was also a very fine marksman, and at the Bardon tests he did excellently, particularly in the long distance tests; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5