Thomas William Braunston^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]}

1881 - 1916  (35 years)

• Name	Thomas William Braunston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12]
  Birth	1881	Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  	1891 census records names as Thomas William.
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1916	Miraumont, France   [3, 9, 10]
  	VI.H.34.
  Death	15 Jul 1916	Miraumont, France   [1, 3, 11]
  	BRAUNSTON, WILLIAM Private G/3942, died 15/07/1916 age 32, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) United Kingdom VI. H. 34. ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
  Person ID	I14578	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	James Julius Braunston,   b. 1855, Lower Heyford, Northamptonshire, England d. 1938, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Boothey,   b. 1863, Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England d. 1912, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1880	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England   [14]
  Family ID	F1016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dora Rose Roots,   b. Abt 1885, Trotterscliffe, West Malling, Kent, England d. Oct 1960, Trotterscliffe, West Malling, Kent, England (Age 75 years)  [13]
  Marriage	1904	Malling, Kent, England   [8, 12]
  Children	1. Florence Esther Braunston,   b. Abt 1906, Trotterscliffe, West Malling, Kent, England   2. Margaret Elizabeth Braunston,   b. 14 Aug 1907, Trotterscliffe, West Malling, Kent, England d. Sep 1994, Maidstone, Kent, England (Age 87 years)   3. Frederick Walter Braunston,   b. Abt 1910, Trotterscliffe, West Malling, Kent, England
  Family ID	F2349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2025

  
  

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  		William Thomas Braunston - 1911 Census Media Date: 1911 Keywords: Picture
  		William Thomas Braunston - 1911 Census Media Date: 1911 Keywords: Picture
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• Notes

  You may be interested that I have a marriage certificate dated 1904 for my maternal grandfather which shows his name as William Thomas Braunston and indicates that his father was James Julius Braunston (a bootmaker. This together with the stated age 23 seems to confirm that William Thomas is the Thomas William shown on your tree. He was killed in the first world war and most of his descendants including my mum lived in the Trottiscliffe/West Malling area in Kent. His name is included on a plaque on the wall of Trottiscliffe Church to those of the parish who lost their lives in the great war. Best Regards Margaret Reevs nee Chambers Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Adanac Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The cemetery is signposted in the centre of Miraumont. The villages of Miraumont and Pys were occupied on 24-25 February 1917 following the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line. They were retaken by the Germans on 25 March 1918, but recovered the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division on the following 24 August. Adanac Military Cemetery (the name was formed by reversing the name "Canada") was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and small cemeteries surrounding Miraumont, and particularly from the Canadian battlefields round Courcelette. One grave (Plot IV, Row D, Grave 30) was left in its original position. There are now 3,186 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 1,708 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 13 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

  
  

• Sources

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