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World War One / Who is Cecil Babington BRANSON?
« on: Tuesday 07 April 15 15:22 BST (UK)  »
I would appreciate a fresh approach, a new pair of eyes and someone who can access UK records to help me unravel this cousin please.
In particular his WW1 involvement, but any verified info gratefully received.
Many thanks, Glen

The following is all I have on him (most info is unverified and some of the RAF data is a foreign language to me  ???)

BRANSON  Cecil Babington c1886-c1926? bn Glasgow, LKS, SCT (cen 1911 makes birth c1884) d. query Q1 1926 Pancras, LON, ENG (ref:1b/27)
m. Q1 1911 (ref:6a/578) Cheltenham, GLS, ENG to Amy COLLINS

WW1

# G/26662 Private; 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment
Second Lieutenant; Royal Field Artillery
Reference:   WO 372/3/46279
Description:    Medal card of Branson, Cecil Babington
Corps    Regiment No    Rank
2nd Royal West Kent Regiment    G/26662    Private
Royal Field Artillery       Second Lieutenant
Date:    1914-1920
Held by:    The National Archives, Kew

Or is this him?

AIR 76/52/171 [1918-1919]
Name    Branson, Cecil Babington
Date of Birth:    04 August 1886
2nd Lieutenant; RAF/RFC (Royal Flying Corps)

SURNAME    Branson
RANK             2Lt
INITIALS        CB
FORENAME   Cecil Babington
DOB                 04.08.1886
REGT   
SQ                  5FS Egypt
DATE              25.10.18
DETAILS        [A7194 Bristol Fighter] e/f at low height during instructional flight. Lt FV Way/2Lt CB Branson [shown as B7194]
SOURCE          Case Report / AIR76-1
REF                 AIR 1/2045/ AIR 76/52/171
LINE   
NOTES           31230/ 31231
DATE   

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WW1 In Memoriam / 12 Oct 1917, Leslie George WINTER, aged 22, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:56 GMT (UK)  »
Leslie George WINTER (adopted s/o James WINTER & Madeline Wilmot-Cave BROWN)

# 6/2334 Corporal; 13th Coy, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 5th Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Aka George Leslie Pye WINTER. Put his age up on enlistment.

9 Aug 1915 Wounded in action Gallipoli, Dardenelles (Gunshot wound in foot)

KIA: 12 Oct 1917 Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium

Buried Tyne Cot Cemetery, Leper, BEL

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WW1 In Memoriam / 4 Feb 1917, Herbert WINTER, aged 43, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:52 GMT (UK)  »
Herbert WINTER (s/o George WINTER & Margaret (Maggie) STEWART)

# 31558 Private; 11 Platoon, C Company, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 19th Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Died of natural causes (cardiac syncope) 4 Feb 1917 Sling Camp, Bulford, WIL, ENG.
Court of Inquiry.

Buried 17 Feb 1917 Tidworth Military Cemetery, WIL, ENG

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WW1 In Memoriam / 25 Aug 1918, Albert Spencer WELLS, aged 22, Otago Infantry Regiment
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:49 GMT (UK)  »
Albert Spencer WELLS (s/o James Seth (Jim) WELLS & Mary Louisa (Dolly) PRIEST)

# 63079, Private; D Company, 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, 32nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Killed in action, 25 Aug 1918 Bapaume, France

Buried Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, FRA

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WW1 In Memoriam / 24 Jun 1917, Frank Harold Bates STAINTON, aged 27, New Zealand Medical Corps
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:46 GMT (UK)  »
Frank Harold Bates STAINTON (s/o Frederick Bond STAINTON & Leila Harriet LANGFORD)

# 3/2584 Private; 2nd Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Died 24 Jun 1917 at the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Stn, France, of wounds received in the field.

Buried: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, FRA

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WW1 In Memoriam / 31 Aug 1918, John Frederick PAYNE, aged 20, Australian Infantry
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:43 GMT (UK)  »
John Frederick PAYNE (s/o Thomas PAYNE & Mary Ann (Polly) GOWLING)

# 5743 Corporal; 5th Infantry Battalion, Australian Infantry, 17th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force

31 Aug 1918 Rouen Military Hospital, France. Died of wounds received near Bois Guillaume, Rouen, Northern France.

Buried Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, FRA

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WW1 In Memoriam / 24 Aug 1918, Lawry Hansen PAGE, aged 28, Canterbury Regiment
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:40 GMT (UK)  »
Lawry Hansen PAGE (s/o George PAGE & Jane Ann DODSON)

# 68844 Private; 12th Coy, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Killed in action 24 Aug 1918 Bapaume, France

Buried Grevillers (NZL) Memorial, Pas de Calais, FRA

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WW1 In Memoriam / 12 Oct 1917, John Roy PAGE, aged 33, Canterbury Regiment
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:37 GMT (UK)  »
John Roy PAGE (s/o James PAGE & Adeline Catherine CANN)

# 42818 Private; 12th Coy, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

John took his own horse to war.

12 Oct 1917 Killed in Action, Passchendaele, BEL
(his body was never recovered)

"Memorial to the Missing" Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, BEL (CWGC)
(Military records state buried at Passchendaele)

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WW1 In Memoriam / 10 Jun 1917, Percy Sylvester NELSON, aged 30, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
« on: Wednesday 11 March 15 14:33 GMT (UK)  »
Percy Sylvester NELSON (s/o James NELSON & Hannah CROWE)

# 34718 Private; 1st Coy, 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Put his age down on enlistment and registered as Percy Sylvander on Army records

Killed in action 10 Jun 1917 Belgium, aged 30

Buried: Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, BEL

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