BROMWELL, Albert

Credit: CWGC

Private

1st Battalion

Hampshire Regiment

Albert was born 1877 in Midhurst, Sussex to Walter & Emily BRUMWELL. He married Francis Anne in 1902. In 1911 Albert lived at Gillman's Cottages in Blackwater. Surname sometimes given as either BROMWELL or BRUMWELL.

Albert, aged 38, was Killed in Action on the 4th of July 1915 & is buried beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 529 of his First World War comrades with 14 of these remaining unidentified.

Albert is also remembered on the County, Carisbrooke & Gatcombe War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.