Ronald Brunt
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sapper 1874652
Parents: Robert and Elsie May Brunt
Home address: 36 Wellington Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 1919
Date of death: 14/07/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Kingswood Wesley Methodist Burial Ground. Commemorated at Bristol Greenbank Cemetery. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 22
Further information:
Ronald was the son of a pottery worker and the second eldest of four children with two brothers and a sister.
Ronald served with the 23rd Field Company of the 1st Division Royal Engineers which embarked for France as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. After evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 the 1st Division were made responsible for field forces and coast defence artillery on the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast. Ronald died as the result of an unspecified accident and his death was registered in Gainsborough Lincolnshire.
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/