Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	William Garnett
Initials	WG
Last Name	Braithwaite,
Source	9110930

Gender	Source
Male

Service	Unit	Rank
British Army	Staff New Zealand Division	Major
British Army	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Colonel Temporary Brigadier General
British Army	GOC 16th Brigade 6th Division	Colonel Temporary Brigadier General

Award	Type	Source
CB CMG DSO	British Award/Decoration

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Garnett Braithewaite	father

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Gwendolen Elizabeth Hewitt	wife	1901

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Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Bryan5462
New Zealand WW1 Soldiers Transcription	Bryan5462
New Zealand in the Great War 1914-1918 Transcription	Bryan5462
Ireland Census 1911 Transcription	Bryan5462
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Bryan5462
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Bryan5462
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription	Bryan5462

Reference	Connected by	More information
Wikipedia entry for Brigadier General William Garnett Braithwaite	Bryan5462
New Zealand Electronic Text Collection	Bryan5462

ID: 469340

Reference: WO372/3

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0469713

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 9110916

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: BMD/B/1870/4/AZ/000067/195

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9110917

Reference: dwilson_nzww1

Title: New Zealand WW1 Soldiers Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: ANZ/DWILSON_NZWW1/27490

Credit: © Archives New Zealand

ID: 9110918

Reference: gbm_nzauckland_cenot1914_1918

Title: New Zealand in the Great War 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: ANZ/NZGREATWAR/18664

Credit: © Auckland War Memorial Museum

ID: 9110923

Reference: ire_c1911

Title: Ireland Census 1911 Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: IRE/C1911/138643

Credit: © The National Archives of Ireland

ID: 9110924

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: GBC/1881/0024376190

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9110925

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: BMD/D/1937/4/AZ/000102/118

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9110927

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Bryan5462

UPP: BMD/M/1901/3/AZ/000044/023

ID: 9110930

Name: William Garnett Braithwaite

Title: Wikipedia entry for Brigadier General William Garnett Braithwaite

Description: Brigadier General William Garnett Braithwaite, CB, CMG, DSO (21 October 1870 – 15 October 1937) was a British Army officer in the Boer War and the First World War. Born in England in 1870, he joined the British Army in 1891. Served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during Boer War, gaining DSO. After war was instructor at Royal Military College. In 1911, went to New Zealand on secondment to help with training and administration of New Zealand Military Forces. At start of WW1, served as staff officer in New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Commanded the New Zealand Division's 2nd Infantry Brigade for nearly two years on the Western Front and on occasion was acting commander of the division. In December 1917, he was medically evacuated to England. After a period of rest, he returned to military duty with the British Army, and ended the war in command of the 16th Infantry Brigade. He retired from the army in 1925 and died in 1937 at the age of 66.

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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Garnett_Braithwaite
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ID: 9110931

Name: Brigadier General William Garnett Braithwaite

Title: New Zealand Electronic Text Collection

Description: Works by this Author in Our Collection A Message of Grateful Remembrance in Official History of the Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. in the Great War 1914-1918 Mentioned in Official History of the Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. in the Great War 1914-1918 Index to Illustrations Chapter III — The Landing. Formation of the 2nd Battalion Chapter IV — Bois Grenier. Armentieres Success Denied The New Zealand Division 1916 - 1919: A Popular History Based on Official Records List of Illustrations [section] 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade The New Zealanders at Gallipoli A Gallipoli Diary Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. (C.M.G.) Mentioned in Despatches Ways and By-Ways of a Singing Kiwi with the N.Z. Divisional Entertainers in France Chapter IV. — We Leave Nieppe Image Gallery

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URL: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-207491.html
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