William Frederick BRABYN

  Noted events in his life were:

• Education, 1910. Adamsdown School. No. 235
Father - William Brabyn, Credit draper, 26 South Luton Place, Cardiff
Date admission - 1.9.1908
Date of leaving - 8.7.1910

• Military Service, 1916. Wounded in action - October 7th 1916. Rifleman City of London Regiment
Newspaper account of his actions and wounds - newspaper states he is son of W F Brabyn but in fact son of William Joseph Brabyn and Jesse Burgess
Parents lived at 6 Cyril Crescent, Cardiff.

• Education, 1912. Howard Gardens School, Cardiff.
Entry 712, previous school - Adamsdown, father William Brabyn, draper, 26 Luton Place, Cardiff

• Military Service, 1916. Harold Gillies Plastic Surgery Archives
birth year 1894
Lance Corporal Reg No. 608965 London Regiment 1/8th
Wounded 22/8/1916
Gunshot Wound Lip/ fractured maxilla

• Military Service, 1918. Seriously wounded transcript from Harold Gillies Plastic Surgery Archives WWI - William Brabyn aged 22 Lance-Corporal Service No. 608965 London Regiment 1/8th battalion wounded on 22 August 1916 Gunshot wound lip/ fractured maxilla.
Lance Corporal W. F. Brabyn, London Regiment

• Census, 1939, Rugby, Warwickshire. 24 Portland Road Rugby Electric Lamp Manufacturers Cost Accounting clerk

• Probate, 1950, Rugby, Warwickshire. William Frederick Brabyn of 34 Portland Road Rugby died 27 September 1950 Probate London 7 November to Irene Mary Brabyn widow Effects £701 19s 8d

William married Irene Mary COOPER in 1924 in Rugby, Warwickshire. (Irene Mary COOPER was born on 4 Apr 1899 and died in 1974 in Coventry, Warwickshire.)