D/76656 Guardsman Douglas Clifford BROMLEY, Canadian Grenadier Guards: 29/08/1944, DOW

GUARDSMAN DOUGLAS CLIFFORD BROMLEY
Service Number: D/76656
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.

22nd Armd. Regt.

Date of Death
Died 29 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at
HITHER GREEN CEMETERY

Sec. G.G Grave 377.

• Country of Service Canadian
• Additional Info Son of Albert E. Bromley and of Eva Bromley (nee Clifford); husband of Dorothy Clara Bromley, of Sydenham.
• Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

 

Thanks for posting Clive.

His service record is on Ancestry. Wounded in Action in France 14/8/44. He suffered gun shot wounds to his legs and his left leg was amputated. Admitted Wroughton RAF Hospital near Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire 19/8/44 where he died of his wounds.

Copy death certificate attached.

Steve

 

Thank you for the extra information

I thought it was an unusual casualty for the UK

 

He married Dorothy nee Prior in June 1942 Clive. Dorothy and their young son Peter born Sept 1943 - lived in Girton Rd, Sydenham.

Steve

 

I just wondered how he ended up in the Canadian Grenadier Guards

 

Hi Clive,

He was a Canadian - born in Montreal.

Volunteered in Canada and came to UK July 1940. To France late July 1944.

Steve