Henry Thomas Bramble (1890 - 1916)

Born 13 Jan 1890 in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 6 Feb 1916 at age 26 in Flanders Fields, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, België

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Biography

Gunner Henry Bramble was Killed in Action during World War I.

Henry Bramble served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Royal Field Artillery
Service ended: 6 February 1916

Henry Bramble was born in Hoo St Werburgh, Kent, England.

Birth

Henry Thomas Bramble was born 13 January 1890 in Hoo, Kent^[1] and christened 9 February 1890 at St Werburgh's in Hoo^[2]. He was the son of Henry Thomas Bramble (1861-1955) and Elizabeth Ann Simper (1863-1937).

Residences

• Henry was living at Ropers Lane in Hoo, Kent during the 1891 census^[3] with his parents, 1 sibling and an uncle
• He was living at Ropers Farm in Hoo, Kent during the 1901 census^[4] with his parents, 3 siblings and 1 boarder
• He was living at Bulford Hut Barracks, Bulford Camp in Salisbury, Wiltshire during the 1911 census^[5] as a Gunner in the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
• He was living at Maryhill Barracks in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland when he married in 1913^[6]

Marriage

Henry married Lilian Mary Parsons (1886-1952) on 31 December 1913 at 43 Blenheim Street in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland^[6]. Henry and Lilian had no children.

Occupation

• Gunner in 37th Battery Royal Field Artillery - 1901 census^[4]
• Gunner in 49th Battery Royal Field Artillery, 40th Brigade - at death

Death

Henry was killed in action 6 February 1916 aged 26 years at the Western European Theatre in France & Flanders during the Great War^[7].

Burial

Henry was buried 4 April 1955 at Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium in plot V, row B, grave 22^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office: GRO birth index records" [database], GRO (GRO Online Index Search : viewed 11 Nov 2021), entry for Bramble, Henry Thomas (Mother's Maiden Name: SIMPER), GRO Reference: 1890 M Quarter in HOO Volume 02A Page 573
2. ↑ "Medway Council Heritage Services online catalogues" [Digital Images of Historical Documents], CityArk (Register of Baptisms file : viewed 11 Nov 2021), St Werburgh's (Hoo, Kent), Register of baptisms, 1874-1939, vol. P190/1B/1, p. 73, Baptism of Henry Thomas Bramble (1890); Medway Archives Centre, Strood, Kent, England
3. ↑ "General Register Office: 1891 Census Returns database" [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Entry for Henry T Bramble (son) in household of Henry T and Elizabeth A Bramble, Ropers Lane, Hoo, Kent, England; from 1891 England Census, database and images (accessed 11 Nov 2021); citing The National Archives RG12, Piece 655, Folio 33, Page 8, GSU roll 6095765, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "General Register Office: 1901 Census Returns database" [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Entry for Henry Bramble (son) in household of Henry and Elizabeth Bramble, Ropers Farm, Hoo, Kent, England; from 1901 England Census, database and images (accessed 11 Nov 2021); citing The National Archives RG13, Piece 722, Folio 50, Page 20, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
5. ↑ "General Register Office: 1911 Census Returns database" [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Entry for Henry Thomas Bramble in the military establishment at Bulford Hut Barracks, Bulford Camp, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; from 1911 England Census, database and images (accessed 11 Nov 2021); citing The National Archives RG14, Piece 12072, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "National Records of Scotland: Statutory Registers of Marriages" [digital images], Scotland's People (Statutory Registers of Births : accessed 11 November 2021), marriage for Henry Thomas Bramble, 31 Dec 1913, Reference: 644/6 2, District of Springburn in the County of Lanark; National Records of Scotland, Scottish Government, Scotland
7. ↑ UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Entry for Henry Thomas Bramble, Regimental Number: 57455, Death Date: 6 Feb 1916, Death Place: France and Flanders; from British and Irish Military Databases (accessed 11 Nov 2021); The Naval and Military Press Ltd
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 November 2021), memorial page for Gunner H T Bramble (unknown–6 Feb 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #12320917, citing Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138)

See also:

• Kent Hoo War Memorial Roll of Honour
• Imperial War Museum St Werburgh Hoo Memorial (WW1)
• CWGC entry for Gunner H T Bramble