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Identity
Person No.
2535
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Bremner 8
First Name
Alastair Bruce
Initials
A B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1885 (±1 yr) 307
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
01 January 1918 263
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of an accident 4
Died 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 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 taken in a sidecar to the hospital, but he never regained consciousness. Death was due to internal hemorrhage caused by five fractured ribs and a broken sternum. There was also a deep gash under the jaw, apparently caused by a broken branch
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Northern Rhodesia Police 116
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Country
Zambia 268
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
NDOLA (KANSENSHI) CEMETERY 56
Grave Reference
2. A. 26. 1
Coordinates
-12.96816, 28.62236 OSM
Memorial
Name plaque, one face (40 of 78 European names). Photo: John Dovey.
Names on Great War 1914-1918
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Victoria Falls (Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial)
Location
Just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia
Address
Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia
Coordinates
-17.9243, 25.8572 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Great War 1914-1918
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Son of William and Diana Harriet Bruce Bremner, of 3, Kents Terrace, Torquay, Devon. Alastair was the younger son of William Bremner and Diana Harriet Bruce. His maternal grandfather 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. Alastair 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 his brother, Huntley William Bruce Bremner was killed on the 1st July 1916.

Research notes


13 Sep 2026: Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls ("Cenotaph") -- Confirms exactly: Capt A.B. Bremner, Northern Rhodesia Police. Named on the memorial's Great War 1914-1918 plaque.

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