Records of Lewis Brandon on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lewis Brandon and the Brandon Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Brandon Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Brandon family tree.

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Some Famous People called Lewis Brandon

Lewis Brandon

Squadron Leader Lewis Brandon DSO DFC and Bar (born 1911) was an actor in the 1930s and served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator in night fighters during World War Two.

He was the author of the book Night Flyer, which described his wartime experiences and was "warmly praised by Winston Churchill".

Brandon's acting career lasted throughout the 1930s and included regular work as a body double for actors such as Rex Harrison, Robert Donat and Robert Newton. After being called up to wartime service, he joined the Royal Air Force and flew on around 80 defence flights over Britain and about 50 across Europe. He received one Distinguished Service Orders and two Distinguished Flying Cross. After leaving the RAF in 1955, he ran a café in Melton Mowbray before moving to Brighton to run the Rex Hotel. In 1965 he moved to a house in neighbouring Hove and took over as landlord of the Albion Inn there.

Brandon was married and had four children.

Source: Lewis Brandon, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Brandon

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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