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Name : Bertram Robert Urry Brannon. Son of the late Robert Henry Brannon (died 1899) and Mrs. Mary Brannon (née Scott), of Gatcombe House, Forest Gate, Essex. Born : 1 February 1885, Forest Gate, Essex. Married : 1916, Gertrude Mabel Browne (GRO : registered Sep 1916 Qtr., Portsmouth 2b 1047). |
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Census Information :
1891 : Robert and Mary Brannon, with their children including Bertram aged 6 and Allen aged 7 months, are at 59, Hampton Road, West Ham, Essex. Robert Brannon is a Shipping Agent. 1901 : Bertram Brannon is a Visitor, at the household of Robert and Marianna Urry, at Gatcombe Mill, Gatcombe. 1911 : Mary Brannon, with Bertram aged 26, is at 6 Manley Park Road, Stratford, Essex. Bertram Brannon is a Marine Engineer. |
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Service details : Eng. Lt. Bertram Robert Urry Brannon, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Plover. Enlisted 15 December 1915 for temporary service. |
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Died : 8 November 1918 aged 33, at Seafield Naval Hospital. Cause of death - Influenza and Bronchial Pneumonia [Death Cert.] Commemorated at : Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Gatcombe : St Olave's Church Roll of Honour [1] Additional inscription on his parents' headstone at Gatcombe St Olave's Churchyard. (Not yet recorded fully). |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
National Probate Calendar 1919 |
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Further information :
His brother Allen Cuthbert Brannon served as a Sergeant with the South African Forces in German South West Africa, from 9 Sep 1914, and later rose to the rank of Captain in the Tank Corps during WW I. He is also mentioned on the Gatcombe Roll of Honour. He qualified as a Driving Examiner in the Ministry of Transport in Feb 1940 [London Gazette]. Masonic Great War Project Photo of memorial at Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery Edinburgh Gazette 1915 (Appointed Engineer Surveyor with the Board of Trade, May 1915). |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for additional research |
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