Born 1910, the son of Frank Renshaw Bromley (born 1884 Loppington, Wem);
and Elizabeth Crowther (born 1888 Cockshutt, Ellesmere)

1901 Census lists
FR Bromley as a farm servant in Loppington, Wem, Shropshire.

1911 Census lists
the family at Mill House Wem, FR Bromley is a lorry driver for a miller

James Renshaw Bromley, Gunner, [4035296], 66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt., Royal Artillery.
Regiment at time of enlistment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died: Tuesday 30 January 1945, aged 35 years
Casualty List: No. 1679. Died. Result of Accident.
Place of Action: Central Mediterranean – Greece
Cemetery: Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Attica, Greece. [16 E 11]

The 66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. was formed in Northern Ireland in December, 1940.
As an air defence unit it took part in the Belfast Blitz (1941) and in Kent (defending Dover and the Dover Strait
from shelling by German guns). Later it took part in the invasion of Sicily and then Italy.
In 1945, it became a transport unit and saw action in the Greek Civil War.