Marriage Notes for Ernest Brough and Elizabeth Johnson-143
The marriage of "Ernest Brough" and "Elizabeth Johnson" is listed in the online FreeBMD and Staffordshire BMD, which states that their marriage was a "Civil Marriage" and was registered in October-December 1902 in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England.
The birth of "Edward Brough" is listed in the online FreeBMD, which states that his birth was registered in October-December 1917 in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England, and that his mother's surname was "Johnson".
"Edward Brough" is listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was a ""Lance Corporal" in the "South Staffordshire Regiment" in World War II, that he died on 19 September 1944 at 26 years old (born about 1918), is listed in the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery in Gelderland, Netherlands, and was the "Son of Earnest and Elizabeth Brough, of Stafford; husband of Maud Brough, of Stafford", Staffordshire, England.
The birthplace of Mary Jane Brough was located in the 1881 British Census.
"William Henry Rowley" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was a "Trooper" in the "Royal Armoured Corps" in World War II, that he died on 21 November 1941 at 24 years old (born about 1917), is listed in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, and was the "Son of William Henry and Mary Jane Rowley, of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire".
William Henry Rowley is listed in another Brough Family Organization (BFO) Database: Main - Rin # 53087.
"George Jeffrey Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he "Son of Joanna Brough, of 10, North Richmond St., Edinburgh," Scotland, "and the late George Brough".
"George McKenzie Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was the "Husband of Helen Brough, of 7, Bruce St., Dundee", Scotland, and that he died on 19 April 1918 and that his gravesite memorial is listed in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France.
"George Brough" is listed in the "UK Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" (via Ancestry.com), which states that he enlished in Dundee; that he was a "Private" in the "Northumberland Fusiliers" regiment, "25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)", and that he "Died of wounds" on "19 April 1918" in "France and Flanders".
"George Willock Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was the "Son of Peter and Elizabeth Brough, of Glen Terrace, Darvel, Ayrshire.
"George Jeffrey Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was the "Son of David and Isabella Brough, of Blackbum, Memus, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire", Scotland.
The birth of Gilbert Charles Brough is listed in the online FreeBMD, which states that his birth was registered in July-September 1894 in Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
"Gilbert Charles Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was the "Son of Charles and Annie Brough, of 102, Harberton Rd., Upper Holloway, London", England.
Historical Note: "Gilbert Charles Brough" died during the Battle of the Somme. According to Wikipedia: The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on either side of the river Somme in France. The battle saw the British Army , supported by contingents from British imperial territories, including Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Canada, India and South Africa, mount a joint offensive with the French Army against the German Army, which had occupied large areas of France since its invasion of the country in August 1914. The Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the war; by the time fighting paused in late autumn 1916, the forces involved had suffered more than 1 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded. ...It is difficult to declare the Battle of the Somme a victory for either side. The British and French captured 7-miles (11 km) at the deepest point of penetration on a front of 16-mile (26 km) from Gommecourt to Maricourt thence from Maricourt to Foucaucourt-en-Santerre (and later south to Chilly). The French and British had gained approximately six miles in depth (to the foot of the Butte de Warlencourt and beyond Geuedecourt) and lost about 419,654 British and 202,567 French casualties against 465,181 German, meaning that a centimetre cost about two men. Some historians have since the 1960s argued against the widely-held view that the battle was a disaster; arguing that the Battle of the Somme was an Allied victory. As British historian Gary Sheffield said, "The battle of the Somme was not a victory in itself, but without it the Entente [or Allied forces of Britain and France] would not have emerged victorious in 1918".
The birth of Harry Brough is listed in the online FreeBMD, which states that his birth was registered in January-March 1894 in Sheffield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
"Harry Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was the "Son of Amos and Annie Brough, of Hillsborough, Sheffield", West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
"Herbert William Brough" is listed in the "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" website (www.cwgc.org), which states that he was the "Son of the Rev. Anthony Watson Brough and Rosetta Jane Brough, of London Mission, Erode, South India. Born at Sydney, New South Wales", Australia.
"Herbert William Brough" is listed in the BFO Main Database, Rin# 64246.