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David Bronks
Died:
1966
Basic Information
Unique reference:
BRO5265
Gender:
Male
Birth
Place of birth:
Sheffield, England.
Death
Date of death:
1966
Died in combat?:
No
Place of death:
Sheffield
David is commemorated on this memorial
Places
Addresses
Parents' home:
18 Broad Lane, Sheffield (1901)
Parents' home:
8-10 Moore Street, Ecclesall, Sheffield (1911)
Family
Spouse
Rhoda Speigel (female)
Place of marriage:
Sheffield
Country of marriage:
England
Siblings
Percy Bronks (male)
Jacob Bronks (male)
Rosey Bronks (female)
Lilly Bronks (female)
Gerald Bronks (male)
Alfred Bronks (male)
Doris Bronks (female)
Norman Bronks (male)
Parents
Father: Harris Bronks (male)
Mother: Annie Bronks (female)
Homefront
Occupation:
Tailor's Maker
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Military record no.:
202600
Date discharged/death:
17 February 1919
Rank at discharge/death:
Private
Assignments
Regiment:
York and Lancaster Regiment
Battalion/unit:
2/4 (Hallamshire)
Posting:
The War Diary of 31st Ambulance Train shows David was a casualty carried on it from Achiet- Le - Grande to Rouen on 6th June 1917. David would have been taken to a Base Hospital in the environs of Rouen. He appears in the records again in May 1918 as wounded; this would allow him to wear a wound bar on the left lower arm of his uniform.
Campaigns:
This unit was raised in Sheffield as a new service battalion. Following training the battalion was shipped to France, disembarking in Le Havre on 15 January 1917. The regiment was included within the newly established 62 (2 West Riding) Division, which served throughout the Great War on the Western Front. This regiment had the honour of being part of the Allied Occupying Force on the Rhine in Germany in 1918/19.
Medals:
He was awarded the British War and the Victory Medal.
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