Cromer Servicemen and Servicewomen in the First World War

Name	Charles John Bumfrey
Ward	Suffield Park
Notes	He was born at Alby, Norfolk and lived in Cromer. He enlisted in Norwich. He joined the 2nd Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment in March 1916 and was twice wounded. He was reported killed at Hollebecke, having been missing for nine months. At the time he was 29. It is not clear whether the service record date of 20th September is the date on which he first went missing, or when it was accepted that he was dead - though it seems probable that it is the former. There is no picture of him in the Cromer War Roll; he is one of those listed at the back of the book. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, and working as a Farm Labourer. Living at 6 York Terrace, Suffield Park, he was the son Jonathan and Georgina Bumfrey
Service Information	Private 29268. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France on 20th September 1917. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A.
Place of Birth	Alby
Date of Death	20/09/1917
Source	Roll of Honour only