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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Brewer H. E.
|Army number=Not yet known.
|Rank=Sapper
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death). Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=3, Westminster Road, London N 9.
}}

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.

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 {{personnel
-|Surname and forenames=Brewer H. E.
+|Surname and forenames=Brewer Harold Edwin.
-|Army number=Not yet known.
+|Army number=2006668.
 |Rank=Sapper
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Born 22/4/1916.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=83 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Served Normandy.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers - exact date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Served Normandy.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon.
 |Task or role=Details awaited.
@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 29/3/2000 aged 83.
 |Home address=3, Westminster Road, London N 9.
 }}
-Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
+Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  Thanks are also to to Sapper Brewer's family for additional information.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names in the Unit which remain to be clarified.

Brewer H. E. Sapper - Revision history

70bgadmin at 16:44, 6 January 2025

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Brewer H. E. |Army number=Not yet known. |Rank=Sapper |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards |Date of birth=Not yet ascertained. |Age..."