{"id":1520,"date":"2013-07-21T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T15:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=1520"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:54:51","slug":"alastair-bruce-bremner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/alastair-bruce-bremner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alastair Bruce Bremner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1520\" data-postid=\"1520\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1520 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_wqy7153 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_twng153 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_eyuy482 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong><b>\u00a0Alastair Bruce\u00a0Bremner<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>DoB:\u00a0<\/strong>May 27 \u00a01884<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>N. Rhodesian Police, Captain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>Died at Livingstone, N. Rhodesia, the result of an accident, Jan. 1, 1918.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: Left, July, 1896. Boarder. Went to Bradfield Coll., 1896-1901.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biographical Information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_57lu744 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_d21bb0c tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_4f22cac first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_a60d27f \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-a60d27f-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-a60d27f-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-a60d27f-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-a60d27f-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_vkj7261\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_lfcw261 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_jwmw261   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Family Background: <\/strong>Alastair was the younger son of William Bremner and Diana Harriet Bruce. His maternal\u00a0grandfather was Major General Alexander James Bruce of the Madras Staff Corps. His parents were both born in the East Indies. This was clearly a background of Colonial Service and Empire.\u00a0Alastair was born in Scotland, but in the 1891 Census the family was living at Portland Square, Carlisle. He had an older sister, Helen Marianne and a brother,\u00a0Huntley William\u00a0Bruce, who was a private in the Great War and\u00a0was killed on July 1 1916. He features on the CGS War Memorial also.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-a60d27f-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-a60d27f-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-a60d27f-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-a60d27f-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_tb69261\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_ke30261 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0v8a261   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Academic Record: <\/strong>CGS 1893-6. The Old Carliol records Alastair winning the 100yards race in 1895 and being 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the 220 yards. In 1896 he was 2<sup>nd<\/sup> again in the 220 yards.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-a60d27f-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-a60d27f-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-a60d27f-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-a60d27f-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_8rov261\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_r0ac261 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_nv69261   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>War Service<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Alastair had been seconded to the Northern Rhodesia Police from the British South African Police in 1911. He was aged 33 when he died, the result of an accident. The Bulawayo Chronicle of 11 January 1918 reported that Captain Bruce had been seeing off some native askari troops at the station and his horse had been troublesome, then as he: \u201c<em>remounted to return home, the horse bolted before he was fairly in the saddle and he was not able to get his off foot in the stirrup at all. When just beyond the Headquarters Stores, the horse suddenly swerved, throwing the Captain into a tree. He was at once\u2026taken in a sidecar to the hospital, but he never regained consciousness\u2026Death was due to internal haemorrhage caused by five fractured ribs and a broken sternum\u2026There was also a deep gash under the jaw, apparently caused by a broken branch. He was accorded a funeral with full military honours, in the afternoon. Captain Bremner was a young and popular officer of the Police\u2026and had only just returned from home leave after doing good service on the border and in German East Africa<\/em>\u201d. At the time his family is listed at living at Torquay, Devon.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-a60d27f-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-a60d27f-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-a60d27f-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-a60d27f-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_umf0261\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_iky6261 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_jusm261   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924<\/li>\n<li>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Census:1891 RG12\/4289<\/li>\n<li>c)\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Old Carliol 1895 and 1896<\/li>\n<li>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Bulawayo Chronicle 11\/01\/1918<\/li>\n<\/ol>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Key Information Name:\u00a0\u00a0Alastair Bruce\u00a0Bremner DoB:\u00a0May 27 \u00a01884 Regt:\u00a0N. Rhodesian Police, Captain. DoD:\u00a0Died at Livingstone, N. Rhodesia, the result of an accident, Jan. 1, 1918. Academic Career: Left, July, 1896. Boarder. Went to Bradfield Coll., 1896-1901. Biographical Information Family Background Family Background: Alastair was the younger son of William Bremner and Diana Harriet Bruce. 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