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Name: BRAYNE, William Frederick (Lieut.-Col.)
Nee: bro of Ernest Cameron Brayne
Birth Date: 4 Mar 1876 Punjab [?7 Mar 1876 Cheltenham]
Death Date: 2 Feb 1951 Kericho
Profession: Indian Medical Service
Area: Kericho, Kaisugu
Married: 1916 Charlotte Mary Mfanwy 'Gwen' Morris b. 1893 Swiltzerland, d. 15 Dec 1960 Haslemere, Surrey
Children: Dorothy (1909); Robert Cyril Lugard (15 Aug 1917 India-2001); Elizabeth Alyssum Gainsborough (1 Aug 1922 Burma); Patricia Ann (1925 Hendon); Jennifer Felicity Mary (1933); ?John (1933)
Book Reference: Hut, Childhood
War Service: Royal Field Artillery
School: Emmanuel Coll, Cambridge, MB, ChB (Edin)
General Information:
Hut - 1904-31 Indian Medical Service;
Childhood - Michael Hopkins - Kakamega Gold Rush - "There were eccentric characters drawn to this speculative life, including near neighbours Colonel and Mrs Brayne.
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters list has William Frederick, retired officer, Kericho, and Charlotte Mary Myfanwy
Holy Trinity Church Kericho - window inscribed to the glory of God and in proud and loving memory of / Lt-col William Frederick Brayne I.M.S ret'd of Kaisugu / obit 2-2-51 this window is erected by his devoted wife and family / homo antiqua virtute ac fide
Gazette 4 Sep 1951 probate
Cambridge Univ Alumni Admitted pensioner at Emmanuel 23, 1894. [S. of Robert Thomas William (above)], R. of Kirstead, Norfolk. [B. Mar. 4, 1876.] Matric. Michs. 1894; B.A. 1897. Studied medicine at Edinburgh University; M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.) 1903; M.D. (Edin.) 1919. Entered the Indian Medical Service, 1904; Capt., 1907; Major, 1915. Served in the Great War (Indian Medical Service; Lieut.-Col., 1924); retired. Brother of Arthur H. (1900), etc. (Univ. War List; Indian Med. Service; Medical Directory, 1938.)
1911 England Census has him born in Cheltenham
Ancestry Family Tree thinks 'Gwendoline' was a 2nd wife (born 1896), and had the last two daus.