# Cuthbert Bromley
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{{short description|Recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Cuthbert Bromley
|birth_date=19 September 1878
|death_date= 13 August 1915 (aged 36)
|birth_place= [Hammersmith](/source/Hammersmith), [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England)
|death_place= {{HMT|Royal Edward}}, [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea)
|burial_place=Remembered on the [Helles Memorial](/source/Helles_Memorial)
|image= Cuthbert Bromley.jpg
|caption=Cuthbert Bromley VC
|nickname=
|allegiance={{UK}}
|service_years= 1898 – 1915
|rank= [Major](/source/Major_(rank))
|branch=23px [British Army](/source/British_Army)
|commands=
|unit=[King's Regiment (Liverpool)](/source/King's_Regiment_(Liverpool))
[The Lancashire Fusiliers](/source/The_Lancashire_Fusiliers)
|battles= [World War I](/source/World_War_I)
*[Gallipoli campaign](/source/Gallipoli_campaign) {{WIA}}
**[Landing at Cape Helles](/source/Landing_at_Cape_Helles)
***[Landing at W Beach](/source/Landing_at_Cape_Helles) {{WIA}}
**[Battle of Gully Ravine](/source/Battle_of_Gully_Ravine) {{WIA}}
**[Sinking of HMT Royal Edward](/source/HMT_Royal_Edward) {{KIA}}
|awards= [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross)
|other_work=
}}
Major '''Cuthbert Bromley''' [VC](/source/Victoria_Cross) (19 September 1878 – 13 August 1915) was an [English](/source/England) recipient of the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [British](/source/United_Kingdom) and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) forces.
Bromley was a son of John Bromley.[[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/682519 Bromley, Cuthbert], Commonwealth War Graves Commission] He was commissioned into the Army in 1898.[[https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/cuthbert-bromley-vc/ VC online biography]]
Bromley was a captain in the 1st Battalion, [The Lancashire Fusiliers](/source/The_Lancashire_Fusiliers), [British Army](/source/British_Army) at the time of being awarded the VC for his actions on 25 April 1915, during the [landings at W Beach](/source/Landing_at_Cape_Helles), [Gallipoli](/source/Gallipoli), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), and during which he was wounded three times.
==Citation==
{{Blockquote|On the 25th April, 1915, headquarters and three companies of the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in effecting a landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the West of Cape Helles, were met by very deadly fire from hidden machine guns, which caused a great number of casualties. The survivors, however, rushed up to and cut the wire entanglements, notwithstanding the terrific fire from the enemy, and after overcoming supreme difficulties, the cliffs were gained and the position maintained. Amongst the many very gallant officers and men engaged in this most hazardous undertaking, Captain Bromley, [Serjeant Stubbs](/source/Frank_Edward_Stubbs), and [Corporal Grimshaw](/source/John_Elisha_Grimshaw) have been selected by their comrades as having performed the most signal acts of bravery and devotion to duty.[{{London Gazette|issue= 29985|date=15 March 1917 |page=2619|supp=y}}]}}
Bromley was wounded during the W Beach landing, and sustained a bullet injury to the knee on 28 April. He was wounded again during the [Battle of Gully Ravine](/source/Battle_of_Gully_Ravine) on 28 June, and was evacuated to Egypt to recover. On 13 August 1915, returning to the Gallipoli peninsula aboard the troopship {{HMT|Royal Edward||2}}, he was killed when the ship was torpedoed in the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean) between [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria) and [Gallipoli](/source/Gallipoli), by the {{SMU|UB-14||2}}.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Bromley was promoted to acting Major on 13 June. Due to the illness of his commanding officer, taking command of the regiment in the Battle of Gully Ravine. Major Bromley was one of the six members of the regiment elected for the award, one of the famous "[six VC's before breakfast](/source/Landing_at_Cape_Helles)". Bromley is remembered in his home town of Seaford on the War Memorial, and on a brass memorial in St. Leonard's Church. A road in the town is also named after him.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==Medals==
Bromley's medals were last heard of at an auction in the 1980s. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25940865]
==See also ==
*[William Kenealy](/source/William_Kenealy)
*[Alfred Joseph Richards](/source/Alfred_Joseph_Richards)
*[Richard Raymond Willis](/source/Richard_Raymond_Willis)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Snelling|first=Stephen|title=Gallipoli|series=[VCs of the First World War](/source/VCs_of_the_First_World_War)|orig-date=1995|year=2012|publisher=[The History Press](/source/The_History_Press)|isbn=978-0752456539}}
==External links==
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/lancsfus.htm The Lancashire Fusiliers in 1914-1918] at www.1914-1918.net
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