Other Information:Charles was educated at Edinburgh and Liverpool Universities, taking his M.B., Ch.B. in 1898; D.P.H. in 1903 and M.D. [Edin] in 1904. In 1908 he joined the R.A.M.C., T.F. as a Lieutenant and on the 1st October 1911 was promoted to Captain, this is announced in the London Gazette (24/11/1911), where it states he was serving with the 2nd West Lancashire Field Ambulance. In September 1914, now serving under the rank of t.Major, Charles became the Commanding Officer of the newly formed 2/1st London Field Ambulance, he remained with the unit throughout the war. In 1916 he was acting under the rank of Lt/Col. Charles was also a Barrister-at-law, and was employed as Medical Officer of Health at the Isolation Hospital at Chiswick. He was the son of D Brebner; and the husband of Gertrude - daughter of F Neill J.P.. They were married in 1914 and had one daughter.
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