Cuthbert Bromley Military person

Major Cuthbert Bromley VC (19 September 1878 – 13 August 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Bromley was born on 19 September 1878 in Hammersmith, London, to John Bromley and Marie Louisa Bromley. John Bromley was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) 3rd Class on 24 June 1904, moving to Sutton Corner, Seaford, East Sussex, shortly thereafter.Cuthbert was 36 years old, and was a Captain and regimental Adjuant in the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War, and was awarded the VC for his actions on 25 April 1915, during the landings at W Beach, Gallipoli, Turkey, and during which he was wounded three times.

Personal facts

Cuthbert Bromley
Birth dateSeptember 19, 1878
Birth place
Seaford East Sussex
Date of deathAugust 13, 1915
Place of death
Gallipoli , Turkey
Resting place
Helles Memorial

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Victoria Cross
military operations
World War I
military branch
British Army
military unit
King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Lancashire Fusiliers

Cuthbert Bromley on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.1914-1918.net/lancsfus.htm
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25940865