The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal S D Bramble

Photograph by "Len"

Lance Corporal Stanley Dawson BRAMBLE, G/16298, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, Flanders France, 16th April 1918.

Born Romford, Essex,

1911 Census - 15 Douglas Road, Romford, Essex - Mary Ann Bramble, age 58, head, widow, married 34 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, independent, born Hoxton, Middlesex; Richard John Bramble, son, age 30, single, Railway Guard, Great Eastern Railway, born Romford, Essex; Cissie Bramble, daughter, age 27, single, at home, born Romford, Essex; Stanley Bramble, son, age 22, single, house decorator, born Romford, Essex; Mabel Bramble, daughter, age 20, single, school teacher, Municipal worker, born Romford, Essex.

27th March 1915, Romford Registry Office, married Bertha Elizabeth Mutimer, 3 Longfield Avenue, Romford, Essex / 45 Westlake Road, Forest Hill, London.

Child - Hilda Silvia Bramble, born 12th December 1915, Romford, Essex.

Enlisted Romford, Essex, age 27, height 5ft 2¾ inches, weight 84 lbs. Resided 3 Longfield Avenue, Romford, Essex. Formerly decorator.

Home 11th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th SEptember 917 to 16th April 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st June 1916, mobilized; 23rd June 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 15th November 1916, appointed paid lance Corporal; 14th April 1917, posted 2nd / 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th September 1917, reverts to Private in accordance with AGS 1701/1916; 12th September 1917, embarked Folkestone; 12th September 1917, disembarked, Boulogne; 12th September 1917, arrived 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 16th September 1917, posted Lance Corporal, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1917, joined Battalion; 20th November 1917, appointed Acting Corporal; 9th April 1918, wounded in action; 10th April 1918, 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, gun shot wounds, face, forearm, buttocks & thigh.

13th June 1918 Probate - Bramble Stanley Dawson of 3 Longfield Avenue, Romford, Essex, Corporal, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 16th April 1918, at 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France on active service. Probate London 13th June to Joseph Dawson Bramble, hairdresser and Bertha Elizabeth Bramble, widow. Effects £1133 3s

21st October 1918, pension of 21/8 a week awarded to widow and one child.

8th March 1921, widow remarried now Mrs B E Finch, 7A Cedrington Hill, Forest Hill, London, SE23.

Commemorated at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, X.D.8., Pas de Calais, France.

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