Brew Roll of Honour, British Forces, World War I, 1914-1918


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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.

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