2nd Lieutenant Ronald George BROOMAN-WHITE
4th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers attached to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers

Date of birth: 10th August 1892
Date of death: 15th May 1915

Died of wounds aged 22
Buried at Vlamertinge Military Cemetery Plot I Row G Grave 7
Ronald George Brooman-White was born in Edinburgh on the 10th of August 1892 the second son of Richard Charles Brooman-White JP and Lily Geraldine Angela (nee Schuster) Brooman-White of Arddarroch, Garelochhead in Dunbartonshire and of 11 Cambridge Square, Hyde Park London.

He was educated at Hazelwood School where he was a member of the Choir. he went on to Eton College where he was in the Reverend H.T. Bowlby's House until he left in April 1906. He went on to Repton School where he was in Cross House from July 1906 to December 1909 and where he served as a member of the Officer Training Corps. On leaving school he entered the office of a chartered accountant. He was a very fine shot and a good golfer, being runner up in the Amateur Golf Championship at Ottawa, Canada in 1914. He was member of the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall.

Following the outbreak of war he applied for a commission in the 4th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on the 31st of August 1914. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the battalion on the 15th August 1914, being confirmed in his rank on the 28th of April 1915. He was attached to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers for war service.

At 2.45am on the 14th of May 1915 the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers relieved units of 6th Cavalry Brigade in trenches in a line from Bellewaarde Farm to the railway line in the Ypres sector. The battalion was deployed with A, B and C Companies in the front line with D Company in support. There was some firing from the enemy during the day and there was a number of casualties, mostly slightly wounded and mainly from A Company. On the 15th of May the enemy were again "quiet", but Ronald Brooman-White was wounded and died later in the day at 5 Cavalry Field Ambulance.

His father received the following telegram dated the 18th of May 1915: -

"Regret to inform you that 2nd Lieut. R.G. Brooman-White Royal Inniskillings attached Royal Irish Fusiliers reported wounded 16th May (sic). Further information will be wired when received."

He received a further telegram dated the 23rd of May 1915: -

"Deeply regret to inform you that 2Lt R.G. Brooman-White Inniskilling Fusiliers died of wounds received in action on May 15th. Lord Kitchener expresses his sympathy."

He is commemorated on the war memorial at Repton School and on a plaque outside St Baldred's Church, North Berwick.
Went on to Repton School

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