BRANDON AT WAR MAIN PAGE

Last updated:  20th December 2011                    Email me [click]                                        

                     (links highlighted in yellow have yet to be added, research is still being undertaken)

THE WAR YEARS
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |

LETTERS FROM THE TRENCHES
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |

BRANDON'S VOLUNTARY TRAINING CORPS
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |

BRANDON'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |

POLICING, LAW AND ORDER
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 |

SOLDIERS VISITING THE TOWN
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Below is a roll of honour to those Brandon men who died as a result of fighting during World War One.  For the town this brought more death than all the other conflicts of the 20th Century combined.  If you have any information that may help me then I would gratefully receive anything.  
Surname First name Rank  Regiment Date died

Place of death

  
Adams William F Private  Royal Fusiliers 13th Oct 1917 Died of wounds, Flanders [click]
Ashley Herbert Private  London Regt 11th Oct 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Branch George Private  Norfolk Regt      
Brown Ernest W Private  Royal Fusiliers 31st July 1917 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Burton Cyril H 2nd Lieutenant  Sherwood Foresters 1st July 1916   [click]
Carter Albert Sergeant  Lincolnshire Regt 1st July 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Carter Leonard Trooper  Dragoon Guards 16th Oct 1914 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Challiss Bertie Lance/Corporal  Norfolk Regt 9th Oct 1917 Died at Flanders [click]
Cubitt Lawrence Private  Suffolk Regt 12th Oct 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Dickerson James W Corporal  Norfolk Regt 18th Oct 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Docking Bertie Private  Norfolk Regt 9th Oct 1917 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Docking Henry J Private  Norfolk Regt 19th April 1917 Died at Palestine [click]
Docking Herbert J Private  Norfolk Regt 14th Oct 1918 Died at Mesopotamia [click]
Docking Robert W Private  Norfolk Regt 12th Oct 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Dorling William Private  Border Regt 23rd Mar 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Dyer Bert Private  Bedfordshire Regt 21st Sep 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Dyer James Private  Suffolk Regt 26th Aug 1914 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Edwards Bertie Private  Norfolk Regt 2nd Oct 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Edwards Bertie Private  Norfolk Regt 15th Sep 1916 Died at Mesopotamia [click]
Edwards Charles Sergeant  Suffolk Regt 6th Aug 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Edwards Edward J Private  The King's (Liverpool Regt) 23rd May 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Edwards George F Rifleman  King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th May 1917 Died of wounds, Flanders [click]
      Edwards Walter Private      Wounded / survived [click]
      Edwards W. Driver      Survived [click]
Field A Jack Sergeant  Devonshire Regt 1st July 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Field Alfred W Sergeant  Leicestershire Regt 11th Feb 1915 Died of wounds, Flanders [click]
Gillings Wilfred G Private  Norfolk Regt 15th May 1917 Died of wounds, Flanders [click]
Grass Herbert Private  Norfolk Regt 19th July 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Grass James Rifleman  King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Oct 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Grass Walter J Rifleman  Rifle Brigade 30th July 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Halls Lewis Private  Tank Corps 14th Nov 1917 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Hensby Frederick Private  Norfolk Regt 19th Apr 1917 Killed in action, Palestine [click]
Johnson Edgar Private  Essex Regt 30th Aug 1918 Buried at Brandon Cemetery [click]
Kent Arthur Private  Middlesex Regt 22nd Aug 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Kent Charles Private  York and Lancaster Regt 23rd Apr 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Kent Edward Private  Norfolk Regt 27th Oct 1917 Died at Flanders [click]
Kent William Able Seaman  HMS Formidable 1st Jan 1915 Died on H.M.S. Formidable [click]
      Ling J. Private  Suffolk Regt   P.O.W. / survived [click]
Lingwood William G Lance/Corporal  Norfolk Regt 1st Jul 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Lockwood Hector Private  Suffolk Regt 21st Aug 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Marchant George R S Private  Suffolk Regt 25th Sep 1917 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Mutum Frank A Private  Norfolk Regt 1st Jul 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Mutum William F Private  Suffolk Regt 23rd Nov 1918 Buried at Brandon Cemetery [click]
Newell Frederick W Private  Middlesex Regt 28th Dec 1917 Died of wounds, Egypt [click]
Nichols Reginald A Private  Norfolk Regt 2nd Feb 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Norton Bertie Private  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt) 11th Oct 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Parrott Rowland J W Private  Essex Regt 6th Mar 1917 Died in Flanders [click]
Plumb Arthur Private  Suffolk Regt 16th Jun 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Randall Walter Private  Norfolk Regt 7th Oct 1915 Died at Gallipoli [click]
Royal Albert E Private  Norfolk Regt 13th Oct 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Rumsey Harry V Private  Norfolk Regt 14th Aug 1915 Killed in action, Gallipoli [click]
      Spragge F.B.B. Lieutenant  Royal Field Artillery   Wounded / survived [click]
Talbot Edmund G Corporal   Norfolk Regt 3rd Oct 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Talbot Frederick Lance/Corporal  Norfolk Regt 1st Jul 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Talbot Walter Private  Norfolk Regt 13th May 1915   [click]
Talbot William Private  Norfolk Regt 9th Dec 1917 Died of wounds, Palestine [click]
Thompson Ernest W Private  Norfolk Regt 31st Jul 1916 Died of wounds, Flanders [click]
Thompson Frederick Private  Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 19th Feb 1917 Died of wounds, Flanders [click]
Tilney Herbert Private  Norfolk Regt 12th Aug 1916 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
      Vail William Private Rifle Brigade   Wounded / survived [click]
Warren Charles A Private  Suffolk Regt 26th Sep 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Wells David S Private  Norfolk Regt 15th Sep 1915 Died at sea, Middle East [click]
Wells John Private  Norfolk Regt 11th Aug 1917 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Westlake Thomas W Private  Northumberland Fusiliers 4th Mar 1918 Died in UK [click]
Wharf Albert John Private  Tank Corps 29th Aug 1918 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Wharf Walter Private  Norfolk Regt 4th Oct 1915 Killed in action, Flanders [click]
Wicks Charles W Private  Labour Corps 2nd Nov 1917 Killed in action, Palestine [click]
Wicks F Charles Gunner  Royal Artillery Ammunition Column      
Wicks Frederick Private  Norfolk Regt 2nd Nov 1917 Killed in action, Palestine [click]
Wicks George Private Norfolk Regt 22nd Apr 1917 Died of wounds, Palestine [click]
Wise John W Corporal 1st Life Guards 30th Oct 1914   [click]
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