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NAME:                      Brymer, John Webster
RANK:                      Sergeant
UNIT:                      Royal Garrison Artillery   ((Royal Engineers 252608 A Corps Signal Company (formerly 65964 Royal Field Artillery) in SDGW))
BATTALION ETC:             attached 79th Heavy Artillery Group
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         36543  (on MIC later 252608 Royal Engineers, details listed CWGC)
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of wounds 22nd August 1917 to both legs (compound fractures & left leg amputated), thigh & right hand
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 26. Attested 26th July 1911. Trasnsfered to Royal Engineers 28th May 1917.
                           Son of Robert and Alice Amelia Brymer (nee Jones) of Portsmouth (CWGC).
                           On soldiers papers son of Alice Brymer of 149 Lower Derby Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth,
                           later in papers down as no father or mother (Father died 1904 & mother 1911).
                           In 1911 (mother a widow), family living at 33 Regents Street, Mile End, Landport, Portsmouth.
                           Born: Portsmouth. Enlisted: Gosport, Hants.