from The Jewish Chronicle of 10 Oct 1958
BRANDON-BRAVO -- On October 7, 1958, my darling husband, Maxie Brandon- Bravo passed away after great suffering so bravely borne. He will always be missed by his loving wife, Gladys, daughter, Pamela, sons Gerald and Anthony, son-in-law, Derek, daughters-in-law, Rosemary and Jane, granddaughter, Penelope, relatives, and friends. Shiva at 17, Rostrevor Avenue, Stamford Hill.
From a compilation of Max's war records:
Sometime around the end of July 1915, Mordecai Max Brandon Bravo, of 319a Mile End Road, London, a 19-year-old liftman for the London Electric Underground Railway, requested a letter of release from his supervisor after having told him he wanted to join the Army. His supervisor agreed to release him by 3 Aug. Max signed his recruiting papers in Stratford, London, for "Short Service (For the Duration of the War)" and took his oath of allegiance the same day he got the letter of release from work, 29 July 1915. He was assigned a number of 37757 and assigned to the Royal Field Artillery, C Battery 180th Brigade.
On the 31st Oct 1915, Max overstayed his leave, from midnight until 0930 pm on 1 Nov. He forfeited one day's pay and was confined to barracks for 4 days. Just a few days later, on 26 Nov, he was found absent from the stables barn and was again given 3 days confined to the barracks.
He was posted to his unit on 3 Aug 1916 and formally "joined" his unit on 5 Aug 1916 at West Ham.
Max was sent to HQ of 41st Division of the RFA on 10 Sept 1916. The unit was a new division, formed in Sept 1915 as part of the K5 Army and was sent to France. Max joined it there in 17 Feb 1916 and stayed with it until 12 Nov 1917, when the unit was transported by train to north of Mantua, Italy by 18 November. Max had been appointed to the rank of bombardier on 16 Sep 1917, then lance bombardier on 5 Oct.. The Division took over a sector of front line behind the river, Piave, northwest of Treviso, between 30 Nov and early 2 Dec.
Max returned to France on 9 Mar 1918 and was there until 22 Aug 1918. Records indicate that he fractured his finger on 13 Aug 1918.
He returned home on 23 Aug 1918 and spent a time in hospital and in leave status. About a month later, on 21 Sept 1918 he wrote to the commander:
Sir,
Being on leave from France (or rather hospital after coming from France) I beg to state I have not yet heard from anyone as to where I have to report back to on the 24th Inst. (when my leave expires). Trusting I am not doing wrong in writing to you. Believe me. Your Faithful
Bom. Max Brandon
37757 RFA
319A Mile End Rd
London
Having received no answer, on 23 Sept 1918, Max wrote a letter to the commander of the Artillery Command Depot in Charlton Park, asking where he should report for duty, as his leave was about to expire, and that he had written the same request a week before this one.
On 24 Sept 1918, Max was admitted to the Mile End Military Hospital "from furlo" "suffering from Neurasthenia." The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Records Office at Woolwich was informed in a letter of this on 25 Sep 1918. The Mile End hospital asked that the member's A.F.B. 178, which was a medical history sheet, be forwarded from Woolwich to Mile End. There was a large military hospital also at Woolwich, the Royal Herbert, constructed after the Crimean War, which Max may have also been in at some point during his furlough/leave.
On 20 Dec 1918, notice was given to the officer in charge of records that an invaliding board was to meet soon to determine Bombardier Max Brandon's status, and to gather all records for that board.
He exited service on 20 Jan 1919 under Paragraph 392 xvi (no longer physically fit for war service). Diagnosis was neurasthenia due to shell shock. He had served 3 years, 176 days.
The Ministry of Pensions set his disability at 50 percent in 13 Feb 1919 with a weekly pension of 13/9 from 21 Jan 1919 to be reviewed in 13 weeks. In May, it was set at the same rate with a review in 26 weeks from the January date.
Max was a recipient of the Victory in Europe medal.
BRANDON-BRAVO -- On October 7, 1958, my darling husband, Maxie Brandon- Bravo passed away after great suffering so bravely borne. He will always be missed by his loving wife, Gladys, daughter, Pamela, sons Gerald and Anthony, son-in-law, Derek, daughters-in-law, Rosemary and Jane, granddaughter, Penelope, relatives, and friends. Shiva at 17, Rostrevor Avenue, Stamford Hill.
From a compilation of Max's war records:
Sometime around the end of July 1915, Mordecai Max Brandon Bravo, of 319a Mile End Road, London, a 19-year-old liftman for the London Electric Underground Railway, requested a letter of release from his supervisor after having told him he wanted to join the Army. His supervisor agreed to release him by 3 Aug. Max signed his recruiting papers in Stratford, London, for "Short Service (For the Duration of the War)" and took his oath of allegiance the same day he got the letter of release from work, 29 July 1915. He was assigned a number of 37757 and assigned to the Royal Field Artillery, C Battery 180th Brigade.
On the 31st Oct 1915, Max overstayed his leave, from midnight until 0930 pm on 1 Nov. He forfeited one day's pay and was confined to barracks for 4 days. Just a few days later, on 26 Nov, he was found absent from the stables barn and was again given 3 days confined to the barracks.
He was posted to his unit on 3 Aug 1916 and formally "joined" his unit on 5 Aug 1916 at West Ham.
Max was sent to HQ of 41st Division of the RFA on 10 Sept 1916. The unit was a new division, formed in Sept 1915 as part of the K5 Army and was sent to France. Max joined it there in 17 Feb 1916 and stayed with it until 12 Nov 1917, when the unit was transported by train to north of Mantua, Italy by 18 November. Max had been appointed to the rank of bombardier on 16 Sep 1917, then lance bombardier on 5 Oct.. The Division took over a sector of front line behind the river, Piave, northwest of Treviso, between 30 Nov and early 2 Dec.
Max returned to France on 9 Mar 1918 and was there until 22 Aug 1918. Records indicate that he fractured his finger on 13 Aug 1918.
He returned home on 23 Aug 1918 and spent a time in hospital and in leave status. About a month later, on 21 Sept 1918 he wrote to the commander:
Sir,
Being on leave from France (or rather hospital after coming from France) I beg to state I have not yet heard from anyone as to where I have to report back to on the 24th Inst. (when my leave expires). Trusting I am not doing wrong in writing to you. Believe me. Your Faithful
Bom. Max Brandon
37757 RFA
319A Mile End Rd
London
Having received no answer, on 23 Sept 1918, Max wrote a letter to the commander of the Artillery Command Depot in Charlton Park, asking where he should report for duty, as his leave was about to expire, and that he had written the same request a week before this one.
On 24 Sept 1918, Max was admitted to the Mile End Military Hospital "from furlo" "suffering from Neurasthenia." The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Records Office at Woolwich was informed in a letter of this on 25 Sep 1918. The Mile End hospital asked that the member's A.F.B. 178, which was a medical history sheet, be forwarded from Woolwich to Mile End. There was a large military hospital also at Woolwich, the Royal Herbert, constructed after the Crimean War, which Max may have also been in at some point during his furlough/leave.
On 20 Dec 1918, notice was given to the officer in charge of records that an invaliding board was to meet soon to determine Bombardier Max Brandon's status, and to gather all records for that board.
He exited service on 20 Jan 1919 under Paragraph 392 xvi (no longer physically fit for war service). Diagnosis was neurasthenia due to shell shock. He had served 3 years, 176 days.
The Ministry of Pensions set his disability at 50 percent in 13 Feb 1919 with a weekly pension of 13/9 from 21 Jan 1919 to be reviewed in 13 weeks. In May, it was set at the same rate with a review in 26 weeks from the January date.
Max was a recipient of the Victory in Europe medal.
from The Jewish Chronicle of 10 Oct 1958
BRANDON-BRAVO -- On October 7, 1958, my darling husband, Maxie Brandon- Bravo passed away after great suffering so bravely borne. He will always be missed by his loving wife, Gladys, daughter, Pamela, sons Gerald and Anthony, son-in-law, Derek, daughters-in-law, Rosemary and Jane, granddaughter, Penelope, relatives, and friends. Shiva at 17, Rostrevor Avenue, Stamford Hill.
From a compilation of Max's war records:
Sometime around the end of July 1915, Mordecai Max Brandon Bravo, of 319a Mile End Road, London, a 19-year-old liftman for the London Electric Underground Railway, requested a letter of release from his supervisor after having told him he wanted to join the Army. His supervisor agreed to release him by 3 Aug. Max signed his recruiting papers in Stratford, London, for "Short Service (For the Duration of the War)" and took his oath of allegiance the same day he got the letter of release from work, 29 July 1915. He was assigned a number of 37757 and assigned to the Royal Field Artillery, C Battery 180th Brigade.
On the 31st Oct 1915, Max overstayed his leave, from midnight until 0930 pm on 1 Nov. He forfeited one day's pay and was confined to barracks for 4 days. Just a few days later, on 26 Nov, he was found absent from the stables barn and was again given 3 days confined to the barracks.
He was posted to his unit on 3 Aug 1916 and formally "joined" his unit on 5 Aug 1916 at West Ham.
Max was sent to HQ of 41st Division of the RFA on 10 Sept 1916. The unit was a new division, formed in Sept 1915 as part of the K5 Army and was sent to France. Max joined it there in 17 Feb 1916 and stayed with it until 12 Nov 1917, when the unit was transported by train to north of Mantua, Italy by 18 November. Max had been appointed to the rank of bombardier on 16 Sep 1917, then lance bombardier on 5 Oct.. The Division took over a sector of front line behind the river, Piave, northwest of Treviso, between 30 Nov and early 2 Dec.
Max returned to France on 9 Mar 1918 and was there until 22 Aug 1918. Records indicate that he fractured his finger on 13 Aug 1918.
He returned home on 23 Aug 1918 and spent a time in hospital and in leave status. About a month later, on 21 Sept 1918 he wrote to the commander:
Sir,
Being on leave from France (or rather hospital after coming from France) I beg to state I have not yet heard from anyone as to where I have to report back to on the 24th Inst. (when my leave expires). Trusting I am not doing wrong in writing to you. Believe me. Your Faithful
Bom. Max Brandon
37757 RFA
319A Mile End Rd
London
Having received no answer, on 23 Sept 1918, Max wrote a letter to the commander of the Artillery Command Depot in Charlton Park, asking where he should report for duty, as his leave was about to expire, and that he had written the same request a week before this one.
On 24 Sept 1918, Max was admitted to the Mile End Military Hospital "from furlo" "suffering from Neurasthenia." The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Records Office at Woolwich was informed in a letter of this on 25 Sep 1918. The Mile End hospital asked that the member's A.F.B. 178, which was a medical history sheet, be forwarded from Woolwich to Mile End. There was a large military hospital also at Woolwich, the Royal Herbert, constructed after the Crimean War, which Max may have also been in at some point during his furlough/leave.
On 20 Dec 1918, notice was given to the officer in charge of records that an invaliding board was to meet soon to determine Bombardier Max Brandon's status, and to gather all records for that board.
He exited service on 20 Jan 1919 under Paragraph 392 xvi (no longer physically fit for war service). Diagnosis was neurasthenia due to shell shock. He had served 3 years, 176 days.
The Ministry of Pensions set his disability at 50 percent in 13 Feb 1919 with a weekly pension of 13/9 from 21 Jan 1919 to be reviewed in 13 weeks. In May, it was set at the same rate with a review in 26 weeks from the January date.
Max was a recipient of the Victory in Europe medal.
BRANDON-BRAVO -- On October 7, 1958, my darling husband, Maxie Brandon- Bravo passed away after great suffering so bravely borne. He will always be missed by his loving wife, Gladys, daughter, Pamela, sons Gerald and Anthony, son-in-law, Derek, daughters-in-law, Rosemary and Jane, granddaughter, Penelope, relatives, and friends. Shiva at 17, Rostrevor Avenue, Stamford Hill.
From a compilation of Max's war records:
Sometime around the end of July 1915, Mordecai Max Brandon Bravo, of 319a Mile End Road, London, a 19-year-old liftman for the London Electric Underground Railway, requested a letter of release from his supervisor after having told him he wanted to join the Army. His supervisor agreed to release him by 3 Aug. Max signed his recruiting papers in Stratford, London, for "Short Service (For the Duration of the War)" and took his oath of allegiance the same day he got the letter of release from work, 29 July 1915. He was assigned a number of 37757 and assigned to the Royal Field Artillery, C Battery 180th Brigade.
On the 31st Oct 1915, Max overstayed his leave, from midnight until 0930 pm on 1 Nov. He forfeited one day's pay and was confined to barracks for 4 days. Just a few days later, on 26 Nov, he was found absent from the stables barn and was again given 3 days confined to the barracks.
He was posted to his unit on 3 Aug 1916 and formally "joined" his unit on 5 Aug 1916 at West Ham.
Max was sent to HQ of 41st Division of the RFA on 10 Sept 1916. The unit was a new division, formed in Sept 1915 as part of the K5 Army and was sent to France. Max joined it there in 17 Feb 1916 and stayed with it until 12 Nov 1917, when the unit was transported by train to north of Mantua, Italy by 18 November. Max had been appointed to the rank of bombardier on 16 Sep 1917, then lance bombardier on 5 Oct.. The Division took over a sector of front line behind the river, Piave, northwest of Treviso, between 30 Nov and early 2 Dec.
Max returned to France on 9 Mar 1918 and was there until 22 Aug 1918. Records indicate that he fractured his finger on 13 Aug 1918.
He returned home on 23 Aug 1918 and spent a time in hospital and in leave status. About a month later, on 21 Sept 1918 he wrote to the commander:
Sir,
Being on leave from France (or rather hospital after coming from France) I beg to state I have not yet heard from anyone as to where I have to report back to on the 24th Inst. (when my leave expires). Trusting I am not doing wrong in writing to you. Believe me. Your Faithful
Bom. Max Brandon
37757 RFA
319A Mile End Rd
London
Having received no answer, on 23 Sept 1918, Max wrote a letter to the commander of the Artillery Command Depot in Charlton Park, asking where he should report for duty, as his leave was about to expire, and that he had written the same request a week before this one.
On 24 Sept 1918, Max was admitted to the Mile End Military Hospital "from furlo" "suffering from Neurasthenia." The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Records Office at Woolwich was informed in a letter of this on 25 Sep 1918. The Mile End hospital asked that the member's A.F.B. 178, which was a medical history sheet, be forwarded from Woolwich to Mile End. There was a large military hospital also at Woolwich, the Royal Herbert, constructed after the Crimean War, which Max may have also been in at some point during his furlough/leave.
On 20 Dec 1918, notice was given to the officer in charge of records that an invaliding board was to meet soon to determine Bombardier Max Brandon's status, and to gather all records for that board.
He exited service on 20 Jan 1919 under Paragraph 392 xvi (no longer physically fit for war service). Diagnosis was neurasthenia due to shell shock. He had served 3 years, 176 days.
The Ministry of Pensions set his disability at 50 percent in 13 Feb 1919 with a weekly pension of 13/9 from 21 Jan 1919 to be reviewed in 13 weeks. In May, it was set at the same rate with a review in 26 weeks from the January date.
Max was a recipient of the Victory in Europe medal.
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