Cuthbert Bromley

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Recipient of the Victoria Cross

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::summary Recipient of the Victoria Cross ::

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Field	Value
name	Cuthbert Bromley
birth_date	19 September 1878
death_date	13 August 1915 (aged 36)
birth_place	Hammersmith, London, England
death_place	, Mediterranean Sea
placeofburial	Remembered on the Helles Memorial
image	Cuthbert Bromley.jpg
caption	Cuthbert Bromley VC
allegiance
serviceyears	1898 – 1915
rank	Major
branch	[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg
unit	King's Regiment (Liverpool)
The Lancashire Fusiliers
battles	World War I
awards	Victoria Cross
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Gallipoli campaign
- Landing at Cape Helles
  - Landing at W Beach
- Battle of Gully Ravine
- Sinking of HMT Royal Edward |awards= Victoria Cross |laterwork= 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 a son of John Bromley. He was commissioned into the Army in 1898.

Bromley was a captain in the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army at the time of being 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.

Citation

Bromley was wounded during the W Beach landing, and sustained a bullet injury to the knee on 28 April. He was wounded again during the Battle of Gully Ravine on 28 June, and was evacuated to Egypt to recover. On 13 August 1915, returning to the Gallipoli peninsula aboard the troopship , he was killed when the ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean between Alexandria and Gallipoli, by the .

Bromley was promoted to acting Major on 13 June. Due to the illness of his commanding officer, taking command of the regiment in the Battle of Gully Ravine. Major Bromley was one of the six members of the regiment elected for the award, one of the famous "six VC's before breakfast". Bromley is remembered in his home town of Seaford on the War Memorial, and on a brass memorial in St. Leonard's Church. A road in the town is also named after him.

Medals

Bromley's medals were last heard of at an auction in the 1980s. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25940865

References

Bibliography

References

[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/682519 Bromley, Cuthbert], Commonwealth War Graves Commission
[https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/cuthbert-bromley-vc/ VC online biography]
{{London Gazette. (15 March 1917)

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