BORN MUSTON, FILEY, 1896. FOURTH SON OF GEORGE BRAMBLES AND HARRIET WITTY, OF MUSTON. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. ORIGINALLY A PLOUGH LAD. WHO JOINED AS 4622 21ST LANCERS, DRIFFIELD ON 15/02/1913. DISCHARGED FOR BEING ABSENT AND BAD TEETH. HE ENLISTED IN 1915. EX HULL TRAM EMPLOYEE. SAW ACTION IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE KNEE IN 1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AGED 22 AND UNMARRIED. HE IS BURIED AT SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER PTE, ROBERT BRAMBLES, EYR, WAS KILLED ON 23/03/1918.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
241930
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/08/1918
Place died:
SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
22
14 FREDERICK CRESCENT, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
