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d China, and from 1909 to 1913 was Adjutant to
Lovat Scouts (T.F.), when he rejoined the 1st Battn. of the Camerons
at Edinburgh Castle. On the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914., he went
to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, took part in the Battle of
the Aisne, and all the fighting preliminary to the First Battle of
Ypres, and fell in action, in the encounter with the Prussian Guards at
Ypres, 11 Nov 1914. At the time of his death he was acting as Adjutant
of his battn. and was one of the only three survivors of the officers
of the regt. who had left Edinburgh Castle ten weeks before. He was
buried near some men of his regt., close to the spot where he fell. He
_m._ 4 Jan. 1911, Marion Louisa, eldest dau. of William Stirling,
of Fairburn and Monar, co. Ross, and had three children, David James,
_b._ 27 Oct. 1911; Peter Ewen, _b._ 6 May, 1914; and Helen
Charlotte, _b._ 22 June, 1913.

 [Illustration: =Ewen James Brodie.=]

=BROMLEY, CUTHBERT=, Major and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Sir John Bromley, C.B., J.P., formerly
of the Exchequer and Audit Department, Somerset House, afterwards
Accountant General of the Board of Education, by his wife, Marie Louise
(Sutton Corner, Seaford, Sussex), dau. of the late Richard Bowman,
of Maidenhead; _b._ Earl's Terrace, London, W., 19 Sept. 1878;
educ. St. Paul's School and received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the
Lancashire Fusiliers from the Militia, 4 May, 1898, and was promoted
Lieut. 28 Dec. 1898. In Sept. 1899, he was sent from Aldershot to Malta
and received his company, 15 June, 1901. It is interesting to note
the fact that when he received his company he was barely twenty-two,
and he and a junior Subaltern (Gaspard de Coligny Le Marchant) are
said to have been the two youngest captains in the British Army. While
in Malta, the South African War broke out, and in order to be fully
qualified he and Capt Le Marchant joined the Malta Mounted Infantry,
but as his Commanding Officer (Capt. Hamilton) fell ill, he had to
remain behind in Malta temporarily to take his place. In 1901-3 Major
Bromley was seconded for service with the West African Frontier Force,
and took part in the punitive expedition in the Aro country, and had
the West African (S. Nigeria) 1901-2 and Aro medals with clasps. While
in Southern Nigeria he gained the Royal Humane Society's Certificate
for saving a native's life from drowning, by holding him up 8½ hours
in the water. During 1906-7, he was Superintendent of Gymnasia, Irish
Command, but resigned this post to rejoin his own regt. the Lancashire
Fusiliers, and in 1909 went with it to India, serving for some time as
Transport Officer. He was appointed Adjutant, 4 May, 1914, and took
keen interest in the regimental sport and in organising the men's
games. His regt., with others from India, arrived in England 13 Jan.
1915, and started on the Dardanelles Expedition on 15 March, 1915; he
was in the 29th Division and his Brigade (the 86th Infantry) was the
first to land on W. Beach (Lancashire "Landing") on that memorable
25 April, their duty being to cover the disembarkation of the rest
of the Division. An officer who was there said, "Bromley and Needham
were always forward, leading and cheering on; all were good, but then
were splendid." On 28 April, Major Bromley was wounded in the thigh,
and when examined by the doctors was found to have been wounded in
the back on the day of the landing. After three weeks in hospital, he
rejoined his regt. on the Gallipoli Peninsula and was again wounded by
shrapnel in the foot on 28 June. An officer wrote: "He was wounded at
the beginning of the charge from our trenches. When he was picked up
he made the men help him forward to lead the attack." After six weeks
in hospital at Cairo and at Troodos, he started from Alexandria for
Cape Hellas on the ill-fated Royal Edward, with a draft of sixty-four
men, as senior military officer "Commanding the troops on board." The
ship was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea and sank in about 4½ minutes, on
14 Aug. 1915. Major Bromley had not been well that morning, having a
touch of fever and was the last to jump overboard. He was injured in
the head by wreckage and rendered partially unconscious, and but for
that would undoubtedly have had strength to swim to the Hospital Ship
Sudan. His fate was the more tragic as from boyhood he had always been
such an expert swimmer, and when at Malta swam five miles, from there
to the Island of Gozo. His Commanding Officer wrote: "So passed one
of the bravest officers I have known, my friend for years, and one of
the most popular men in the regt." He was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian
Hamilton's Despatch of 20 May [London Gazette, 5 Aug.], 1915, and had
been gazetted temporary Major [London Gazette, 3 Aug. 1915] to rank as
from 6 June. He was _unm._

 [Illustration: =Cuthbert Bromley.=]

=BROMLEY, HERBERT ASSHETON= (Jett), Lieut., No. 3 Coy., 7th Battn
(1st British Columbia Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst.
_s._ of the late Sir Henry Bromley, 5th Bt., by his wife, Ada,
only child of Westley Richards; _b._ Stoke Newark, 16 Oct. 1879;
educ. Farnborough and Eton, was Private Secretary to his brother,
Sir Robert Bromley, Bt., Administrator of St. Christopher and Nevis
(1905-6) and afterwards to the Hon. James Dunsmuir, Lieut.-Gov.
of British Columbia; joined the 88th Fusiliers at Victoria, B.C.,
when that battn. was formed three years ago; on the outbreak of war
volunteered for service overseas, was gazetted Lieut. on formation of
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 21 Sept. 1911, and was killed in action
at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915; _unm._ Describing
his death, a comrade said: "He was badly wounded in the trenches, but
leaped out and led his men in a magnificent charge, calling out 'we
have got to win, follow me.' He was quite alone away in front of his
men and died a glorious death." His Company Commander, Major R. C.
Cooper, wrote to the Editor as follows: "I would, as the late Lieut.
H. A. Bromley's Company Commander, like to express my very high
appreciation of him, both as an officer with the welfare of his men at
heart, and as a personal friend. Mr. Bromley was invaluable to me in
France with his intimate knowledge of the language and customs. His
men were devoted to him and missed him greatly when wounded in the
head on the 16 March at Fleurbaix. He returned to us on 27 March and
remained with the battn. up to 'Our Day'--doing duty in the trenches
from the 14 to the 19 April, two days in billets and then the gas
and subsequent heavy fighting. In Victoria, B.C., he was a member of
the 88th Victoria Fusiliers, some time as a Company Officer and the
remainder as Adjutant. He served with the regt. in the coal strikes
at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, 1913-14. On the outbreak of war he was
one of the first officers selected for Active Service, being posted
to my company, left for Valcartier, 28 Aug. 1914, and for England, 27
Sept. 1914, arriving at Plymouth, 15
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