International records / UK National Archives

Brayne collection

2003/194 | Frank Lugard Brayne (1882-1952), who was a nephew of Sir Frederick Lugard, entered the Indian Civil Service in 1905 and served in the Punjab as Assistant Commissioner until 1914. During the First World War he served in France, Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine with the 18th (King George's Own) Lancers and was Deputy Chief Political Officer at Aleppo from 1918-20. On his return to India, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner at Gurgaon where he remained until 1927. Here he inaugurated the Gurgaon Experiment or Village Uplift movement in an attempt to transform lives 'lived in the most …