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Bramall, Hugh Stanley Richard, son of Stanley Bramall, stockbroker, of Putney, and Eva Rose, d. of Henry Darley Hill; b. 14 May 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (R); left Apr. 1925; a stockbroker's clerk; d. 4 Mar. 1936.

Brandon, Lionel, brother of Edward Tyrell Horace Brandon (q.v.); b. July 4, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (R); left July 1892; went to King's College School; served in Great War I; Capt. R. A. S. C. July 7, 1917; d. Sept. 11, 1935.

Bray, Harry Midwinter, son of Sir John Bray, K.C.M.G., Agent-General for South Australia by Alice Maud Hornabrook, of Australia; b. June 10, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (R); left April 1894; d. 1966..

Brand, Charles Neville, only son of Charles James Brand, of Hampstead, by Alice Emma, daughter of William Dobell Hutchings, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Jan. 5, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (R); left July 1913; a clerk in the Bank of England 1914; served in Great War I 1914-8 as Flight Sub-Lieut. R. N. A. S. (Seaplane Pilot), and Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Auxiliary Patrol); author of two vols. of poems and several novels; m. Aug. 17, 1918, Norah Joyce, eldest daughter of Victor Vaughan, of Hampstead, Middlesex; d. Sept. 2, 1951.

Bremner, Cecil James, son of David Alexander Bremner, of Westminster, by Minnie, daughter of Edward Upton, of St. Margaret's Bay, Kent; b. March 10, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left July 1912; temp. 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Kent Regt. Nov. 30, 1914; Lieut. 2nd Batt. Nov. 1, 1915; Capt. Feb. 28, 1918; M.C. June 3, 1918; obtained a Colonial Service appointment, Kenya Colony, May 1920; 2nd Lieut. The Buffs May 10, 1940; transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps May 8, 1942; Capt.; m. April 26, 1920, Gabrielle Caroline Jeanne, daughter of Joseph Vander Veken, of Antwerp; d. 21 Oct. 1993.

Brenan, Cecil Fynes-Clinton, son of Charles Frederick Brenan, insurance office manager, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, and Edith, d. of Rev. Osbert Fynes-Clinton, Rector of Barlow Moor, Lancs; b. 10 Apr. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1924; Univ. Coll. of N. Wales 1924-8, BSc; AMIEE 1939, CEng MIEE 1970; Central Electr. Board and Brit. Eltctr. Authority 1931- 49; Eastern Electr. Board 1949-61; teacher Norwich HS for Girls 1964-81, retd 1981; m. 1st 4 June 1932 Beatrice Annie, d. of Robert Howarth, solicitor; 2nd 21 Apr. 1965 Anthea Daphne, d. of David Ogmore Williams, med. practitionter, of Horsham, Sussex; d. 7 Nov. 1992.

Bristowe, Everard Stearns, brother of Leonard Syer Bristowe (q.v.); b. March 5, 1873; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (R); left July 1891; adm. a solicitor Jan. 1898; practised in London; served as Cpl. in the Aircraft Service 1917-8; d. Dec. 6, 1945.

Brittlebank, Philip, son of Percy Victor Brittlebank, engineer, of Blackheath, and Ada Howard, d. of Thomas Howard Foster of Glazebrook, Cheshire; b. 8 Sept. 1920; adm. May 1935 (R); left July 1938; RAC 1943, transf. to Roy. Warks/Wilts Yeomanry (Capt.); despatches (Italy) July 1945; man. dir. P. Brittlebank & Co., Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; m. 3 June 1950 Dorofred, d. of Alfred John Teague, electrical engineer, of Johannesburg; d. 5 May 2002.

Brittlebank, Michael Forster, brother of Philip Brittlebank (qv); b. 28 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left July 1940; RAC Aug. 1943, transf. to Reece Corps Oct. 1943, to KOR Oct. 1944; wounded (Italy) Apr. 1945; Brit. Steel Corpn. 1946-62; export sales dir. H. J. Skelton, steel merchants, 1965-74; retd. 1974 because of war wounds; m. 5 Nov. 1969 Katherine Margaret Burdett; d. 28 Mar. 2015.

Broadie-Griffith, Raymond, son of Robert Broadie-Griffith of Holyhead, Anglesey, and Clara Jane, d. of Rev. Daniel Marriott; b. 9 May 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1926; Bank of England 1927; RAFVR in WW2 (FO); m. 9 Oct. 1936 Stella, d. of John Charles Harcourt MB, of Stratford, London; d. 26 Apr. 1995.