Pte. Gerald Garnnar BROMLEY

1923 - 1944  (21 years)

• Name	Gerald Garnnar BROMLEY
  Prefix	Pte.
  Birth	21 Jul 1923	Woodstock, , New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1931	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Attestation Papers	2 Jan 1943	Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  	C-102296 Canadian Army
  WWII service	25 Jul 1944
  	C/102296, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
  Death	25 Jul 1944	Verrieres, Aveyron, France   [2, 3]
  Burial	Bretteville-sur-Laize, Calvados, Normandy, France
  	Address: Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery Cintheaux France
  Person ID	I76545838	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Pte. Joseph Henry BROMLEY,   b. 21 Jul 1895, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Nov 1973, Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Helen DYER,   b. Abt 1894, , , , England d. 6 Aug 1971, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1919	Buxton, , England
  Family ID	F33053869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		St. Paul's Anglican Church Honor Roll - WWII Photograph provided by Leslie Hill
  		Beachburg War Memorial, Beachburg, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario (on the back) Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Pembroke War Memorial dedicated to WWII photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mil-Bromley, Pte Gerald G. killed in action The Cobden Sun, Aug 24, 1944 p. 1
  		Mil-Bromley, Pte. Gerald G. obituary The Cobden Sun, Sept 28, 1944 p. 1
  		Bromley, Pte. Gerald killed in action in France (military) Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Bromley, Pte. Gerald killed in action (military) Newspaper clipping from the collection of Brenda Millar, 2018
  		Bromley, Pte. Gerald - card of thanks The Cobden Sun, Aug 24, 1944
  		Bromley, Pte Gerald Garnnar - military photo Newspaper clipping from a Westmeath Twp. Memorial insert in the Cobden Sun, Aug 1997
  		Pte. Gerald Garnnar BROMLEY CWCG Certificate https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2331716/gerald-garnnar-bromley/

  
  

  Histories

  Pte. Gerald Garnnar BROMLEY service summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Census-Household Member: Role: Household Member Attestation Papers: Address R.R.#6, Cobden, ON Gerald listed his religion as Church of England His next of kin was his mother Mrs. Mary Bromley. His did not finish grade 8 to work on the farm. He was 19 1/2 years old. He was described as 6' 2" tall and weighed 158 lbs. He had a clear complexion with hazel eyes and dark brown hair. He lived in Woodstock, NB for 4 years; Westmeath, ON for 11 years; Beachburg for 2 years and Cobden for 2 years. He was farming at the time of enlistment, working for his father and had farmed since leaving school except for 7 1/2 monts as labourer at Magnesium Mines, Haley Station. He listed his sports and hobbies as hunting, snow shoeing, hockey and rugby. WWII service: Stationed in Ottawa then Peterborough, to Camp Borden Apr 30, 1943. He qualified as rifleman on July 16, 1943. He embarked overseas on July 29, 1943. He was serving with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry when killed in action

  
  

• Sources

  [S917976] Mil- Attestation Papers. [S917325] Newspaper-CA-ON-The Cobden Sun, (Weekly Publication), The Cobden Sun, Aug 24, 1944 p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S917420] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Death Registrations Online at Ancestry.ca", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 702945 (Reliability: 3).