Lewis Valender BRAIN Great War veteran? (General)
by sidhalemm 
, Ontario, Canada, Friday, February 07, 2014, 18:28 (3936 days ago)
I found another possible Great War veteran in my research. Would anyone know if Lewis Valender BRAIN was a Great War veteran? There is a Lewis Brain in the Glos. Regiment. I can't say for sure if it's the same man. Thanks.
Bill
Lewis Valender BRAIN Great War veteran? (MEEK)
by MPGriffiths , Saturday, February 08, 2014, 14:00 (3935 days ago) @ sidhalemm
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Ancestry
England & Wales Death Index
Name: Valender Lewis BRAIN
Birth Date: 22 April 1897
Date of Registration: Dec 1969
Registration: Gloucester Rural
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 7b
Page: 1314
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GlosBDM: Valender Lewis BRAIN, 1897 - Forest of Dean East Dean - mother's maiden name: MEEK
(previous threads on Amelia MEEK etc)
1911 Census, Plump Hill, Nr Mitcheldean, Glos
BRAIN - living in 4 rooms, married 17 years - 7 children born alive, 7 living
Charles - 40 - Coal Miner Hewer, all born East Dean
Amelia - 35
Ivy - 15 (Glosbdm - 1895 - mother's maiden name MEEK)
Lewis - 13 (as above) (transcribed as LOUIS 1901 census)
May (Amelia May - 1898 - ditto)
Alma - 10 (Christina Alma)
Flower - son - 8
Wilfred - 6
Eva - 3
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Ancestry : British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards
BRAIN Lewis
Glouc. R : Pte : Regt. No. 51979
Medal K/101 B3 Page 57/1
British: Ditto