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Pte. Andrew Brace
British Army 2nd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:8 Magdala Ter, Infirmary Wk, Worcester
(d.31st Oct 1914 )
Andrew Brace was killed at the Battle of Gheluvelt. One of ten children, his family lived in Infimary Walk Worcester. He attended Hounds Lane School in Worcester.
A brother in law of his, Lance Corporal David Charles Jukes, 1413, Northumberland Fusilliers was killed on 8th November 1914 near by. A Daughter, born to William, another of Andrews Brothers, and Susannah, a Sister of David, in 1916 was named Catherine Gheluvelt Ypres Brace in memory of their brothers.
Editor's Note: The battle of Gheluvelt was a phase of the first Battle of Ypres. Andrew Brace has no known grave but is commemorated on the Menin Gate.