He was with the Royal Field Artiller. A shell from one of the enemy’s large guns fell close to the gun that Nelms was serving and devastated all around inflicting terrible injuries, who was close to death when he left the field. He was reported to have a sister, Mrs A Jinks living in Kingston, Ontario His fiancee, Miss Florence King, of Parkside, Wimbledon also received news from a comrade. Reported in the Bromley & District Times, 25th December 1914 [source: Military Ancestors]
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Private L.W. Johnson
Taken from the Bromley & District Times, 25th December, 1917 (pg 3) I thought you might like to have a few lines from one of the Bromley boys, so have written a few lines about this country.
Miss Margaret James Birkett
A nurse with the Red Cross, Miss Birkett had taken up nursing 3 years earlier. Her knowledge of French was invaluable when nursing the Belgian soldiers. She lived at Summerhill Villas, Chislehurst. The newspaper reported that she had been ill on the Tuesday (22nd Dec), very ill and had died on the Wednesday (23rd Dec). Probably the first nurse to die at her post. She had been at Brooklyn temporary hospital in Lubbock Road, before being moved to Abbey Lodge. Details of funeral in the newspaper report. Source:Bromley & District Times, 25th December…
Sergeant E.S. Mussell
Served in the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. An Army Reservist who had served in Malta previously. He had married Miss Bessie Hilda Thompson, daughter of Mr H Thompson of Farnborough, 3 years previously, and had 2 sons aged 1 and 2. He was called up on 5th August 194; left for France the following Thursday. The Bromley & District Times reported him missing 20th November 1914, and then first reported his death as Killed in Action in January 1915. He died on 26th October 1914…