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The Commonwealth War Grave Commission, whose website is accessible by clicking on their logo, lists John George as follows:
In Memory of
JOHN GEORGE BREW
Major 9th (North Irish Horse) Bn., Royal Irish Fusiliers who died on Saturday, 6th April
1918. Age 41.
Additional Information
Husband of Annie Moffat Brew, of "Rathlin," Portadown, Ireland.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: IV. D. 9.
Location: Roye is a commune in the Department of the Somme 40 kilometres south-east of
Amiens.
From Peronne take the N17 to Roye. On arriving in Roye stay on the N17 and at the second
roundabout take the D934 towards Noyon. Roye New British Cemetery will be found about 230
metres on the right along this road.
Cemetery Details
The following (all but one in the Department of the Somme) were among the burials grounds
from which graves were removed to the New British Cemetery:-
CRESSY CHURCHYARD FRENCH EXTENSION, where 36 United Kingdom soldiers were reburied by the
French authorities after the Armistice.
DANCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY No. 1, West of the village, where two RAF officers, who fell in
June 1918, were buried.
DRESLINCOURT CEMETERY, on the road to Potte, where four United Kingdom soldiers were
buried.
FERME D'EREUSE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, BERNY-SUR-NOYE, on the West side of the farm,
where two men of the Tank Corps were buried in July, 1918, and one RAF officer in August.
GOYENCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, on the road to Roye, where five United Kingdom soldiers and
one RAF officer were buried in March-June, 1918.
HATTENCOURT FRENCH and GERMAN CEMETERIES, on the road to Fresnoy-les-Roye, where 14 United
Kingdom soldiers and one airman were buried. [This is probably the cemetery from which
John George's remains were relocated]
LE FOLOISE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, near the road to Esclainvillers, where nine men of
the Tank Corps were buried in July, 1918, and one RAF officer in August.
MARCHELEPOT BRITISH CEMETERY, on the North-East side of the village, used by the British
in the early months of 1918 and by the Germans in March-August, 1918, and containing 115
British graves.
ROYE GERMAN CEMETERY, where 85 United Kingdom soldiers were buried by the enemy in March
and April 1918.
SOLENTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY (Oise), where one United Kingdom officer was buried in March,
1918.