Dewes, Bryan Osmond
Dewes, Bryan Osmond, Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment, killed in Flanders on July 30th. He was the elder son of Hugh Dewes Esq. , was educated at St. Andrews and at Repton and had just entered St. Thomas's Hospital as a medical student with a First Arts Scholarship. He was a member of the London Rowing Club, which he represented at Henley in 1914. He enlisted in the Artists Rifles in Aug. 1914, got a commission as second lieutenant on Feb. 2nd, 1915 and was serving as machine gun officer when he was killed. British Medical Journal 14 Aug. 1915
We regret to record the death of Bryan Osmond Dewes, Second Lieutenant, 1st Batt. Middlesex Regiment in Flanders, on Junly 20th. Dewes obtained the first place in the competition for an Arts Scholarship last year, but did not enter upon his medical course. St Thomas's Hospital Gazette, October 1915
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Dewes |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Bryan Osmond |
| Date of birth | 1894 |
| Place of birth | Bromley District |
| Family details | Son of Hugh William and Alice Jane Dewes, of The Grey House, Shiplake, Oxon. |
| Previous education | St. Andrews & Repton |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1914 |
| Military unit | Middlesex Regt, 1st Bn. |
| Date enlisted | August 1914 |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 30 July 1915 |
| Age at death | 21 |
| Rank at death | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Burial place | Rue-du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie, Pas de Calais, France |
| Commemoration(s) | Kent County Association of Change Ringers; St. Thomas's Roll of Honour |
| Notes | Arts Scholar |
| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |