Biography
William Bramley-Moore (1906–1976)
William Bramley-Moore was born in 1906, the younger son of Alwyn Bramley-Moore and Ellen Nellie Grieve. His father, who moved to Edmonton in 1910, sat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as the Liberal member for Alexandra from 1909 to 1913 and was killed while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916.
William became a prominent Edmonton doctor. His name appears on First Presbyterian Church’s Second World War honour roll of members who volunteered for active service, and he was an elder of the church, listed on the Kirk Session in 1968. He died in 1976. William Bramley-Moore Park, in Edmonton’s Brookside neighbourhood, is named in his honour.
Roles and service
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Elder (on Session in 1968)
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Named on the Second World War honour roll
Sources
The published sources do not mention First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Bramley-Moore is identified from the church's own records: the 1968 Session caption and the Second World War honour roll. His years of birth and death come only from Wikipedia, which gives no source for them; an obituary would confirm them.
- Church record Kirk Session, First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton, November 24, 1968: framed photograph with typed caption, listed among those missing from the photograph as "Dr. W. Bramley-Moore"
- Church record "For King and Country: Members of First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton, Alberta who have volunteered for active service with Canada's fighting forces," Second World War honour roll (framed), "Bramley-Moore, William"
- City of Edmonton Archives, photograph: "Alberta Division, Canadian Medical Association convention at the University of Alberta Medical Building. (L-R) Dr. J. Ross Vant, Dr. Harold Orr and Dr. William Bramley-Moore" Link to this source (opens in a new tab)
- City of Edmonton, "Neighbourhood parks: alphabetical listing" (William Bramley-Moore Park, 4711 144 Street NW, Brookside) Link to this source (opens in a new tab)
- Legislative Assembly of Alberta, member record: Alwyn Bramley-Moore (Liberal, Alexandra, 1909–1913), his father Link to this source (opens in a new tab)
- Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial: Lance Corporal Alwyn Bramley-Moore, died April 4, 1916, his father Link to this source (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia, "Alwyn Bramley-Moore" (his father; the only source found for William's years of birth and death, 1906 and 1976, and his mother's name) Link to this source (opens in a new tab)