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1846; became Lieutenant, 1st January, 1847 ; 2nd Captain, 17tb February, 
1854; Captain, 17tli November, 1857 ; Major, 1st January, 1868 ; Lieutenant- 
Colonel, 20tli December, 1869 ; Colonel, 20th December, 1874; and retired with 
rank of Major-General, 1st October, 1882. lie served in the China War of 1857, 
Capture of Canton (medal with clasp, brevet of Major); South African War, 1878— 
Kaffir Campaign (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp; c.b.) 
Mr. J. Bramley, of Drayton Hall, Uxbridge, who died there on 16tli April, was 
buried at St. Margarets, Lee, on 20th April. The coffin was borne from the 
residence of Mr. John Penn to the Church by a detachment of the Biding Troop, 
B.A., from Woolwich, Mr. Bramley having served in the Boyal Artillery. Among 
those who paid the last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased were 
General Erskine, Major-General A. H. W. Williams, Deputy-Adjt.-Gen. B.A., 
Captain Webber, B.N., and Dr. W. H. Bussell. 
