In Memory Of

BREMNER, ALASTAIR BRUCE

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1884-05-27
Rank:
 Captain
Regiment:
 Northern Rhodesia Police
Date of Death:
 1918-01-01
Cause of Death:
 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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. A. 26.
Cemetery:
 NDOLA (KANSENSHI) CEMETERY
Country:
 Zambia
Additional Information
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.