BOYS, ---; b.; in school lists 1656; appears as Boyse in Busby’s account book under 6 Aug 1660.
Boys, Anthony Vernon, son of Ernest John Egerton Boys, civil engineer, and Janet Myfanwy, sister of Percy Thoresby-Jones (qv); b. 19 June 1922; adm. Apr. 1936 (H); left Apr. 1937; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army 1942, transf. to RE 1945 (Lieut.); m. Dorothea Maud, d. of Rev. George Owen Cheese, Vicar of Wastlake, Cumbria; d. in Kenya 12 Jan. 1959.
BOYS, DANIEL, son of Thomas Boys, Great St. Anne Lane, Westminster, goldwire drawer, and Jane, dau. of Thomas James, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, goldwire drawer; b. 1 Sep 1777; adm. 7 Jul 1788; BB; Min. Can. 1793; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. 6 Apr 1795, Bishop Williams scholar 6 Nov 1798, matr. Mich. 1795; BA 1799; MA 1810; ordained deacon 25 Jan 1803, priest 25 Mar 1803 (both Bath & Wells, lit. dim. from Canterbury); Curate of Meopham, Kent, 1803; Vicar of Benenden, Kent, from 29 Nov 1805; Vicar of Brookland, Kent, from 15 Dec 1809; Chaplain to George, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnel, 1809; m. 9 Nov 1807 Sarah Rider, youngest dau. of William Barrington Richardson, Bermondsey, Surrey; d. 11 Sep 1857.
BRABANT, HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Robert Brabant DD, Rector of Berkhamsted, Herts., and of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, and Prebendary of Worcester; b.; adm.; BB in 1705; QS 1707; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Feb 1710/1, aged 17; adm. Middle Temple 22 Nov 1709, called to bar 27 May 1715; m. 24 Apr 1718 Cecilia, dau. of John Conyers KC MP, Walthamstow, Essex, Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons; d. 26 Nov 1718.
BRABOURN, JAMES, son of Rev. William Brabourn DD, Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, aged 17, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1687, scholar 27 Apr 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; MA 1694; BD 1706; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1693, Major Fellow 26 Jun 1694, a Senior Fellow from 1719; Tutor 1695; signed the petition to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley 1710, but subsequently supported Bentley on most occasions; ordained priest (Lincoln) 16 Mar 1700/1; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1719; d. c. 1724.
Brackenbury, Charles Edgar Mills, son of Henry Langton Brackenbury MP, of Thorpe Hall, Lincs, and Florence Adelia, d. of Edgar Mills of Merlo Park, California; b. 1 Feb. 1907; adm. Apr. 1921 (G); left Dec. 1923; a motor engineer; m. 29 Apr. 1929 Muriel Irene, d. of Capt. Charles Edward McConnell RA, of Petts Wood, Kent; d. 2 Nov. 1959.
Brackenbury, Christopher Charles (known at school as Christopher Charles Klein), son of Adrian Bernard Klein MBE, artist and inventor, of St John's Wood, and Angela Edith, d. of Admiral John William Brackenburv CB CMG RN; b. 2 Apr. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (R); left July 1934; RAFVR 1940-1 (PO); m. 1940 Rosemary, d. of Frank Struben of Pretoria, S. Africa; killed on active service May 1941.
Christopher Charles Buzz Klein was born at Hampstead, London on the 2nd of April 1917 the only son of Major Adrian Bernard Leopold Klein (later Cornwall-Clyne) MBE, FRPS, artist and inventor, and Angela Edith (nee Brackenbury later Cornwall-Clyne) Klein of 32, The Pryors, East Heath Road, Hampstead in London. He was educated at Westminster School, where he was known by the last name of Klein and was up Rigaud’s from January 1931 to July 1934. He later changed his surname to that of his mother’s maiden name.
He was married at Chelsea in 1940 to Rosemary Patricia (nee Struben).
On the outbreak of war he enlisted as an Aircraftman 2nd Class in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman where he trained as a pilot and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 23rd of November 1940, with seniority from the 14th of November 1940.
He was posted to No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School as a flying instructor.
On the 16th of May 1941, Christopher Brackenbury and his student, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Henry Morgan, took off in Tiger Moth Mk II T5712 for a training exercise. At the time he had accumulated a total of 353.25 solo flying hours of which 274.20 were on Tiger Moth aircraft.
During the flight the aircraft struck a balloon cable at Clifford Bridge Road near Walsgrave near Coventry and crashed into a field, killing both men.
His wife received the following letter dated the 20th of May 1941: - “Madam, I am commanded by the Air Council to express to you their great regret on learning that your husband, Pilot Officer Christopher Charles Brackenbury, Royal Air Force, lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident on 16th May, 1941.”
An inquiry into the accident concluded: - “No previous difficulties with the Coventry balloon barrage, the nearest site of which is three miles. The position of all balloons affecting this unit is well known to flying personnel who have continual reference to the situation. Error of judgement or mental preoccupation on part of pilot who was instructing at the time”
He is buried at St James’ Church, Anstey.
BRACKENBURY, JOSEPH, second son of Carr Brackenbury, Spilsby, Lincs., and his first wife Anne, dau. of Langley Gace, Panton, Lincs.; b. 18 Apr 1719; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1730/1; left 1736; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1736, scholar, matr. 1736; BA 1739/40; MA 1743; ordained deacon 29 May 1743, priest 20 May 1744 (both Lincoln); Perpetual Curate of Hundleby, Lincs., 1746; Rector of Halton Holegate, Lincs., from 18 Dec 1746; Rector of Lower Toynton, Lincs., 1751 (dispensation to hold with Halton Holegate); m. 19 Jul 1748 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of John Leach, Spilsby, Lincs.; bur. 21 Nov 1777.
Brackenridge, Robert Robertson, son of James Hastie Brackenridge, textile manufacturer, of Wimbledon, and Margaret, d. of Robert Robertson of Larkhall, Lanarkshire; b. 23 Feb. 1918; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1935; RA 1940-4 (Capt.); d. of wounds in ltaly 30 May 1944.
Robert Robertson Brackenridge was born on the 23rd of February 1918 the younger son of James Hastie Brackenridge, a company director of a textile manufacturer, and Margaret (nee Robertson) Brackenridge of Lanark, Lanarkshire later of 9, Inner Park Road, Wimbledon Common in Surrey. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy where he was in Mackenzie House from 1929 to July 1931, and at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from September 1931 to July 1934. On leaving school he was employed as an apprentice surveyor with Knight, Frank & Rutley, Estate Agents.
He enlisted in the Royal Signals in November 1939 and attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on the 26th of October 1940. He served with Heavy Anti Aircraft and Light Anti Aircraft units in the UK, North Africa and in Italy and was promoted to Captain on the 3rd of January 1944.
On the 19th of May 1944, 75 Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery left the area of Trocchio and crossed the Rapido River the next day where it arrived at its new positions at 5pm. On the 21st of May 1944, the Regiment spent its time in reconnaissance and in ranging its guns in preparation for a planned attack on the Hitler Line which was due to begin two days later. During the afternoon the enemy began shelling the Cassino area and a shell struck the truck in which Robert Brackenridge was travelling, severely damaging it and badly wounding him. He was taken to hospital where he died from his wounds nine days later.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Edinburgh Academy.
He is buried at Naples War Cemetery Plot I, Row O, Grave 16.