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B.R.U. Brannon

Age at death: 33
Born:  
Full name: Bertram Robert Urry Brannon
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc:
Royal Navy
Unit, ship, etc: HMS Plover
Enlisted:  
Rank: Engineer Lieutenant
Decorations:  
War (and theatre): WW1
Date of death: 8 November 1918
Manner of death: Died
Family details: Son of Mrs Brannon, Gatcombe House, Forest Gate, Essex and late Robert H Brannon. Husband of Gertrude M Brannon, Bella Vista, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
Residence:  
Home department: Board of Trade - Mercantile Marine Survey Staff
Civilian rank:  
Cemetery or
memorial:
Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery (M.88)

Additional information and photographs

 

Views of the Memorial in Edinburgh (Seafield) cemetery on which B R U Brannon is commemorated

Photos courtesy of J M Cameron

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No details are yet known of how Bertram Brannon died.  HMS Plover was a repeat 'M' class destroyer, launched in March 1916. She survived the war and was sold for break-up in May 1921.  

 

 

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