Name
Robert William Brazier
29 July 1893
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/11/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
39558
Gloucestershire Regiment
8th Bn.
B Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
VIII. E. 2.
France
Headstone Inscription
AT REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial,
Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Robert William Brazier was born on 29 July 1893 in Bishop’s Stortford to Arthur Robert and Elizabeth Brazier and baptised at St Michael's Bishop’s Stortford on 29 October 1893.
On the 1911 Census (listed as William) he was living with his family at Market Square, Bishop’s Stortford, and working as a plumber's assistant.
Wartime Service
He initially served as Lance Corporal in the Hertfordshire Regiment under Reg. No. 2498, then transferred to the 8th Gloucestershire Regiment, but was demoted to Private.
He served in France from 6 November 1914 and was killed towards the end of the Battle of the Somme on 18 November 1916.
Additional Information
His father Arthur received a war gratuity of £10 and pay owing of £7 19s 11d
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
