Brandon at War

BRANDON AT WAR MAIN PAGE

Last updated: 2nd February 2012 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
| click here |

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