Name
Kenneth Bromfield
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/04/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
343
Royal Fusiliers *2
10th (County of London) Bn.
'B' Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
II. H. 18.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Bushey memorials,
Not on the Langleybury memorials*1
Pre War
Born in Whitechapel in 1894, Kenneth Bromfield was the fifth son of Hermon Frank Bromfield and Mary Selina Bromfield. His father was a licensed victualler.
Kenneth grew up in Islington, where his father ran the King’s Head on Essex Road. Kenneth became a surveyor’s clerk.
Wartime Service
Kenneth enlisted in Whitechapel in 1914 at the age of 20 and served as Sergeant 343 with B Company, 10th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers,. He died of wounds on 11 April 1917, aged 23 and was buried at Tilloy British Cemetery near Arras.
His pension record indicates that he joined as a Private and was promoted to Sergeant. The address for correspondence is given as Mrs M S Broomfield, c/o Matthew Arnold Solicitors, 39, High St, Watford.
He is not commemorated in Bushey, but his parents later moved to ‘Heronsgate’, Grange Road, a house on the corner of Belmont Road, Bushey.
Additional Information
Information provided with the kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
*1 is also commemorated on the family grave in Langleybury (St. Paul) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF
SERGEANT KENNETH BROMFIELD 10TH ROYAL FUSILIERS
5TH SON OF ABOVE [Herman Frances Bromfield] WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE APRIL 11TH 1917 AGED 23 YEARS
INTERRED IN TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY
“THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS SHALL GOD BRING WITH HIM”
*2 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Hackney).
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
