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Surname: BRUNSKILL
Forename(s): Wilfred
Place of Birth: Dent, Yorkshire
Service No: 532529
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: London Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/15th (County of London) Bn. (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)
Division: 47th (1/2nd London) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1916-09-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XII. H. 36.
CWGC Cemetery: CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: DENT, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wilfred Brunskill was the son of John and Alice Brunskill, née Askew. John was born in Cotterdale and Alice at Dent, Yorkshire. John’s half-sister, Margaret Kirk, was the mother of Private Michael Akrigg (268427) (q.v.). John’s half-brother, Wilfred Kirk, was married to Frances Lambert, the mother of Private Samuel Kirk Lambert (30337) (q.v.).
1901 Dent, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Wilfrid Brunskill, aged 8 years, born Dent, son of John and Alice Brunskill.
1911 Acton, Middlesex Census: 24, Third Avenue - Wilfred Brunskill, aged 18 years, born Dent, Yorkshire. [Wilfred, a bank clerk, was boarding with George and Jane Eliza Medland.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wilfred Brunskill, 5342, 532529, 15 Lond. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Cards: Pte Wilfred Brunskill, 5342, 532529, 15 Lond. R. Theatres of war in which served: (1a) [France and Belgium] 21.6.16 [to] 15.9.16. K/A 15.9.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Wilfred Brunskill, 5342, 532529, 1/15th Bn London Regt. Date and Place of Death: On or since 15.9.16. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole legatee - Alice. £6 4s. 1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Wilfred. Name(s) on card(s): Mrs Alice Brunskill. Relationship: Mother. Address: Bank View, Tebay, Westmoreland [sic].
A short biography of Wilfred is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Wilfred BRUNSKILL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: London Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 47th (1/2nd London) Division
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Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
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Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
CWGC Headstone - personal inscription
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10 November 1916
DENT - War Items
Pte. Wm. Bentham, West Riding Duke of Wellington's Regiment, has been reported from France as missing since October 12th.
Pte. Wilfred Brunskill, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), has also been reported as missing since September 15th.
1 June 1917
DENT - MEMORIAL SERVICES
A memorial service in memory of the local soldiers who have recently fallen in the war was held in St. Andrew's Church on Sunday. The soldiers lost include Pte. N. Hawkings, West Yorks.; Pte. R. Powley [Pooley], R.A.M.C.; Pte. B. Pinch, R.F.A., who have been killed in action; Pte. W. Bentham, Duke of Wellington's, who has been missing since October last; Pte. W. Brunskill, London Civil Service Rifles, who has been missing since last September; Pte. P. Dixon, who has been missing since July last and is now considered killed in action. There was a very large congregation, and the service opened with the voluntary 'O Rest in the Lord,' and included special lessons, part of the Committal service for the Burial of the Dead, a sermon by the Vicar from the text, 'Unto God will I commit my cause' (Job v. 8), and concluded with the hymn, 'Now the labourer's task is o'er,' and the voluntary 'Crossing the Bar.'
A memorial service was held in the Primitive Chapel, Deepdale, on Sunday afternoon in memory of Pte. B. Pinch, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Pinch, of Deepdale. The service was conducted by the Rev. P.H. Powell, of Dent, and there were a good number of sympathetic friends and relations present.
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1 June 1917
DENT
MEMORIAL SERVICE - On Sunday evening last the Vicar conducted a service in the Parish Church to the memory of those Dent men who have recently fallen in the war, namely, N. Hawkins, R, Pooley, B. Pinch, W. Bentham, W. Brunskill, and J. [P.] Dixon (the last three reported as missing some time ago, but now believed to have been killed). A portion of the burial service was read by the Vicar, who afterwards preached an impressive sermon from Job. v. 8. - In the afternoon Rev. P.H. Powell (circuit minister) conducted a service in Deepdale Primitive Methodist Chapel to the memory of Pte. B. Pinch. There was a good attendance.
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