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Albert Bramley
from:Jarrow
(d.15th Jun 1915)
Albert Bramley was a Civilian Machine Driller at Palmers shipyard who died on Tuesday 15th June 1915 age 54 . He was born in Knaresborough Yorkshire 1861 and was the wife of Esther Skeen Bramley (nee Turnbull) of Jarrow. He had enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers on the 6th August 1914. He is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.
On Tuesday 15th June 1915 Zeppelin LZ40 (L10) commandeered by Kapitänleutnant Hisch crossed the coast north of Blyth and headed directly for Wallsend where bombs were dropped on the Marine Engineering Works causing severe damage. 7 Heavy Explosive and 5 Incendiary Bombs then fell on Palmer's Works at Jarrow where 17 men died and 72 were injured. There was a Memorial with 12 names on, at one time in the Stirling Foundry in Jarrow, once part of the Palmer Shipyard.
