The Pedants' Society

Fellow No. 00211

Capt. Harvey Pinch-Bracewell

Admitted November 1909 · F.

Court-martialled in June 1917 for the application of Field Punishment No. 1 to a private soldier in respect of the misspelling of "definitely"; convicted, and reduced to Lieutenant. Killed in action at the Battle of Valenciennes, 27th October 1918, fifteen days before the Armistice. The Society’s brass plaque records his rank as Captain — the only document in the Society’s possession in which the original rank is restored.

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