This database shows the Brews in British Forces who died during the First World War, 1914-1918. The data has been extracted from several sources, including the Family Records Centre, London, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Name of Brew | Cyril Hulcatt |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Battalion or Unit | 2nd Battalion Irish Guards |
Birth Date / Place | ca. 1893, Chew Magna, Somerset |
Date of Death / Age | 12 October 1916, aged 23 |
Grave / Memorial | St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France |
Comments | Son of Dr. Richard Hugh and Dora Vera Brew of Chew Magna, Somerset, England |
Name of Brew | Douglas Y. |
Rank | Driver |
Number | 161003 |
Battalion or Unit | 71st Battery, 36th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery |
Date of Death / Age | Tuesday, 9 April 1918 |
Grave / Memorial | Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
Comments | Possibly from the Isle of Man |
Name of Brew | Edward |
Rank | Greaser |
Battalion or Unit | H.M.S. Ramsey, Mercantile Marine Reserve |
Date of Death / Age | Sunday, 8 August 1915, aged 44 |
Grave / Memorial | Plymouth Memorial, Devon, England |
Comments | Husband of Margaret L. Brew of 22 Melbourne Street, Douglas, Isle of Man |
Name of Brew | Fred |
Rank | Private |
Number | 32168 |
Battalion or Unit | 8th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment |
Date of Death / Age | Tuesday, 10 April 1917 |
Grave / Memorial | Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
Name of Brew | George |
Rank | Stoker 1st Class |
Number | SS/105528 |
Battalion or Unit | H.M.S. Doris, Royal Navy |
Date of Death / Age | Tuesday, 15 December 1914, aged 27 |
Grave / Memorial | Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
Comments | Son of George and Mary Ann Brew, of Great Crosby, Liverpool |
Name of Brew | G. E. |
Rank | Private |
Number | 15864 |
Battalion or Unit | 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
Date of Death / Age | Tuesday, 5 December 1916 |
Grave / Memorial | Forest Town (St. Alban) Churchyard, Nottinghamshire, England |
Name of Brew | George Henry |
Rank | Able Seaman |
Number | R/3569 |
Battalion or Unit | Drake Battalion, Royal Navy Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Date of Death / Age | 22 or 24 December 1917 (depending on source), aged 27 years |
Grave / Memorial | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
Comments | Oldest son of George and Elizabeth Brew of the Isle of Man |
Name of Brew | John |
Rank | Sapper |
Number | 385954 |
Battalion or Unit | 4th Siege Company, Royal Monmouthshire Regiment, Royal Engineers |
Date of Death / Age | Thursday, 17 October 1918 |
Grave / Memorial | Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau Nord, France |
Name of Brew | John George |
Rank | Major |
Battalion or Unit | 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, 108th Brigade, 36th Ulster Division |
Birth Date / Place | 14 December 1876, Gateshead on Tyne, Durham, England |
Date of Death / Age | Saturday, 6 April 1918, aged 41 |
Grave / Memorial | Roye New British Cemetery, Roye, Somme, France |
Comments | Son of John George and Jane Isabella Brew (both deceased) of Gateshead on Tyne, Durham, England, and husband of Annie Moffat Brew of Portadown, Northern Ireland |
Name of Brew | John Lawrence |
Rank | Private |
Number | 82408 |
Battalion or Unit | 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers |
Birth Date / Place | 1898, Liverpool, Lancashire |
Date of Death / Age | Wednesday, 7 August 1918, aged 19 |
Grave / Memorial | Pozieres Memorial, Pozieres, Somme, France |
Comments | Son of John Joseph and Maria Louise Brew of 116 Venmore Street, Liverpool |
Name of Brew | John William |
Rank | Private |
Number | 21/1201 |
Battalion or Unit | 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers |
Date of Death / Age | Saturday, 29 June 1918, aged 44 |
Grave / Memorial | Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery, Durham, England |
Comments | Son of John and Jane Ann Brew; husband of Elizabeth Brew of 23 Hendon Street, Sunderland |
Name of Brew | Michael |
Rank | Lance Corporal |
Number | 10277 |
Battalion or Unit | 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers |
Date of Death / Age | Wednesday, 7 April 1915, aged 20 |
Grave / Memorial | Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
Comments | Son of M. and Jane Brew of 59 New Road, Thomondgate, Limerick |
Name of Brew | Samuel |
Rank | Private |
Number | 11131 |
Battalion or Unit | 1st Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
Date of Death / Age | Thursday, 15 October 1914, aged 18 |
Grave / Memorial | Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France |
Comments | Son of Margaret Fitzgerald (formerly Brew) of 92 Gibson Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Samuel Brew (deceased) of Whitehaven, England |
Name of Brew | Thomas |
Rank | Private |
Number | 10901 |
Battalion or Unit | 1st Battalion The King's (Liverpool) Regiment |
Date of Death / Age | Monday, 17 May 1915 |
Grave / Memorial | Merville Communal Cemetery, France |
Comments | Husband of A. Brew of 4 Vine Terrace, Salisbury Street, Liverpool, England |
Name of Brew | William Henry |
Rank | Private |
Number | 28037 |
Battalion or Unit | 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
Date of Death / Age | Thursday, 12 April 1917 |
Grave / Memorial | Brown's Copse Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
Comments | Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Brew of Douglas, Isle of Man, and widower of Helen, nee Basford |
Name of Brew | William Thomas |
Rank | Lance Corporal |
Number | 200733 |
Battalion or Unit | 1st/4th Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
Date of Death / Age | Saturday, 1 December 1917 |
Grave / Memorial | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval-Nord, France |
Name of Brew | BREWE, Cyril |
Rank | Pilot Officer |
Number | 40251 |
Battalion or Unit | 84 Squadron RAF |
Date of Death / Age | Wednesday, 22 June 1921, aged 35 |
Grave / Memorial | Bridgtown, Cannock, Staffordshire, England |
Comments | Husband of Annie S. Brewe of Lilac Cottage, Washbrook Lane, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire; 18 years' service; native of Norton Canes, Cannock. |