Albert Joseph Bromwich
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 356170
Parents: Oliver and Sarah Bromwich
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol. Lived: 533, Bath Road, Brislington, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Company Secretary
Date of birth: 26/10/1880
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 10/04/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 37
Further information:
Albert was born in St. George in Bristol, the son of a warehouse man and the eldest child of six with three brothers and two sisters. Albert married Beatrice Bennett Robinson in 1907 and in 1911 they were living in Norwich. Their son Gordon Albert was born in July 1911 and was aged just six when his father died.
Albert's battalion (the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry) mobilised to France in August 1914 and fought in the Battle and Retreat from Mons and The Battles of The Somme and Ypres. On the 3rd March 1918 Albert was admitted to field hospital suffering from pleurisy. On 21st March he was transferred in the sick convoy, back to the base hospital at Etaples where he died two weeks later.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/