Many burials were made during the Battles of the Somme when the XIV Corps Main Dressing Station was at the farm. During March and August 1918 further burials were made. After the Armistice 42 graves dating from March, August and September 1918 were brought in from the fields between Bronfay Farm and Bray.
Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery contains the graves of 516 soldiers from the UK, 15 from Australia, two from India, one from South Africa and one whose origin is not known. There are 13 unknown graves and special memorials are erected to two UK soldiers thought to be buried in the cemetery.
Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery covers an area of 2,637 square metres.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert Pulteney Dalzell-Walton MID
The grave of Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert Pulteney Dalzell-Walton MID, of the 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusilers who was killed in action on September 9, 1916 aged 50 is located in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery. He was the son of Hubert Izaak Walton (Director General of Telegraphs, Bombay and Persian Gulf) and his wife Diana. He was the husband of Emily Elizabeth Grace Dalzell-Walton of ‘The Firs’, South Brent, Devon. He had served in the Bechuanaland Expedition in 1884-85, was twice wounded in the Burma War in 1886-89 and served in the South African War.
Captain Gerald Duckworth Robinson MID
The grave of Captain Gerald Duckworth Robinson MID, of the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment who died on September 26, 2002 aged 19 is located in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery. He was the son of Frederick George and Amy Robinson of Whitehays, Otford, Kent.
Captain F C Stevens DCM
The grave of Captain F C Stevens DCM of ‘D’ Howitzer Battery, 158th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery who died of wounds on July 31, 1916 aged 44 is located in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery. He had been awarded the King George’s Coronation Medal, the Long Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was the son of Charles and Fanny Stevens of Leeds, and the husband of Alice Emily Stevens of 167 Leahurst Road, Lewisham, London. He had served in the South African War.
Company Sergeant Major F Sweeney CSM
The grave of Company Sergeant Major F Sweeney CSM, of ‘D’ Company, 1st/5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment who died on September 22, 1916 aged 40 is located in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery. He had been awarded both the Long Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He was the husband of Jane Sweeney of 10 Huxley Street, Northwich, Cheshire and was a native of Liverpool.
Location
Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery is located 3km south of Mametz, on the south side of the minor road from Maricourt to Bray-sur-Somme.
