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

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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