Driver Frederick Leslie George Braybrook

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1893

Date of Death

14 Oct 1918

War time / or Pre War occupation

Iron moulder

Employer

Diamond Foundry, Luton

Service Number

528055

Place of Birth

Clophill
United Kingdom

World War I Address

3 Park Road West (now Strathmore Avenue)
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

48th Stationary Hospital
Gaza
Egypt

Grave Location

Gaza War Cemetery
Egypt

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 23rd November 1918
Dvr Frederick Leslie George Braybrook

Driver Frederick Leslie George Braybrook, 528055, 54th Division Signals Coy Royal Engineers, died from typhoid fever in the 48th Stationary Hospital in Egypt. He was aged 25 and single.

He had volunteered in January 1915 and was drafted to the Dardanelles and later Egypt and General Allenby's Palestine Campaign, taking part in the Battle of Gaza.

Born in Clophill in 1893, he was the eldest son of Frederick and Emma Elizabeth Braybrook, of 3 Park Road West (now Strathmore Avenue), Luton. He had worked as an iron moulder at the Diamond Foundry in Dallow Road.

His father had also served in the forces, doing duty for three years in India until he was invalided home in 1918.

Individual Location

Dvr Frederick Leslie George Braybrook

Author: Deejaya

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