Facts: - caption: cuthbert bromley vc - battles: world war i - death date: 13 august 1915 -lrb- aged 36 -rrb- - rank: major - placeofburial: remembered on the helles memorial - awards: victoria cross - birth date: 19 september 1878 - serviceyears: - 1915 - name: cuthbert bromley - branch: 23px british army - unit: king 's regiment -lrb- liverpool -rrb- the lancashire fusiliers - image: cuthbert bromley.jpg - death place: gallipoli , ottoman empire - birth place: hammersmith , london , england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cuthbert bromley .
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major cuthbert bromley vc -lrb- 19 september 1878 -- 13 august 1915 -rrb- was an english recipient of the victoria cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to british and commonwealth forces .bromley was born on 19 september 1878 in hammersmith , london , to john bromley and marie louisa bromley .john bromley was made a knight companion of the order of the bath -lrb- cb -rrb- 3rd class on 24 june 1904 , moving to sutton corner , seaford , east sussex , shortly thereafter .cuthbert was 36 years old , and was a captain and regimental adjutant in the 1st battalion , the lancashire fusiliers , british army during the first world war , and was awarded the vc for his actions on 25 april 1915 , during the landings at w beach , gallipoli , turkey , and during which he was wounded three times .