Broughton Men in World War I

Broughtons in World War I

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A BROUGHTON - Private - 238th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
He died on Tuesday, 21st May 1918 at the age of 25. His mother was Harriett Broughton and his wife was Agnes Broughton of Wigston, Leicester. He was born at Wigston Madna.
A O BROUGHTON - Gunner - 29th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
He died on Thursday, 5th July 1917. His wife was J. B. Broughton, of Railway Avenue, Tanshelf, Pontefract. His memorial is in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension located in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Panel #II. C. 24) The New Military Cemetery was used beginning in February 1915 through early 1918. The Extension was started in May 1917. There are now over 500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
A Y BROUGHTON - Private - 13th Bn., East Surrey Regiment
He died on Monday, 8th January 1917. Age 29. Son of Isaac W. and Rachel Broughton, of 55, Willow Walk, Bermondsey, London. His memorial can be found at Delville Wood Cemetery (Panel#XXV.R.9) located east of the village of Longueval near Albert, Somme, France. The Cemetery was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of a few small cemeteries and of isolated graves (almost all of July, August and September, 1916) from the battlefields. There are now over 5,500 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
ADAM BROUGHTON - Private - 9th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment
He died on Thursday, 3rd May 1917 at the age of 26. He was the son of John William and Elizabeth Broughton, of 59, Portland St., Witton, Blackburn. His name can be found on the Arras Memorial (Panel: Bay 5) located in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand and South African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918, with the exception of casualties of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no known grave.
ALBERT BROUGHTON - Lance Corporal -2nd Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
He died on Monday, 3rd May 1915. His name can be found on Panel 12&14 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial located on the eastern side of the town Ieper (formerly known as Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. The Memorial bears the names of men who were lost without a trace during the defense of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
ALBERT BROUGHTON - Private - 29th Bn., Middlesex Regiment
He died on Sunday, 14th October 1917 at the age of 40. His wife was E. E. Broughton, of 89, Dennett Rd., West Croydon. He's buried at Croyden (Mitcham Road) Cemetery in Surrey, UK (Grave Ref#J2.6382)
ALBERT BROUGHTON - Private - 54th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt.)
He died on Tuesday, 1st October 1918 at the age of 35. A native of Blackpool, England, Albert was the son of Joseph W. Broughton, of Exeter, Devon, England. His memorial is located in Duisans British Cemetery in the village of Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. (Panel# VIII.A.11) The cemetery was used by British forces beginning in February 1917. From the autumn of 1918 until late 1920, it was also used by Canadian forces. There are now over 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
ALBERT EDWARD BROUGHTON - Private - 2nd Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment
He died on Tuesday, 26th March 1918. He was 23-years-old and the son of Edward and Mary J. Broughton, of 67, Cyril St., Northampton. His name can be found on the Pozieres Memorial (Panel 54-56) located southwest of the village of Pozieres near the town of Albert, Somme, France. The Memorial relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and to the succeeding period of four months during which there was built up, behind the new front, of the army, which on the 8 August 1918 began the Advance to Victory. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who fell in France during the Fifth Army area retreat on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918.
ALBERT SOWTER BROUGHTON - Private - 1st Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment
He died on Saturday, 23rd October 1915. He was 19-years-old and the son of William Binge Broughton and Ann Broughton, of Mill Rd., Lincoln. Albert was born at Chesterfield. He's buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery (Panel #I.K.20) Pas de Calais, France. Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne and was the General Headquarters of the British Army in 1919. There are now nearly 3,000, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
ALBERT WALTER BROUGHTON MM - Private - 2nd/4th Bn., Oxford. and Bucks Light Infantry
He died on Thursday, 28th September 1916. He was 20-years-old. His was the son of Harry and Ellen Broughton, of 1, Luther Terrace, Oxford. His memorial is located at Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France. (Panel# II. A. 22) The Cemetery was begun, in an apple-orchard, in July, 1915, and used until April, 1918, by fighting units and Field Ambulances. For a short time, the cemetery was in German hands, but after the Armistice, the German graves (more than 400) were removed to other cemeteries. There are now over 1,500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special memorials are erected to nine soldiers from the United Kingdom believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of soldiers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia who were buried in this or other cemeteries and whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The memorial also includes the names of five Indian soldiers whose bodies were cremated.
ALFRED BROUGHTON - Private - 32nd Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
He died on Monday, 30th September 1918. His name is on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery located north of the village also called Villers-Bretonneux near Amiens and Fouilloy, France. Commemorated by name on the Memorial are over 10,000 Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium, fell in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras and the "Hundred Days" and who have no known grave.
ALFRED BROUGHTON - Private - 9th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
He died on Friday, 7th July 1916 at the age or 34. His parents were Alfred and Susannah Broughton, of 3, Thorn Bank, Pocket Deane, Bolton. His wife was Gertrude (who later became Disley) of Bolton, Lancs. His name can be found on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. (Panel: Pier & Face 11A)
ALFRED BROUGHTON - Private - 15th Bn., Royal Scots
He died on Thursday, 6th July 1916 at the age of 19. He was the son of E. G. and Jemima Broughton, of 8, Ardwick St., Derby St., Salford, Manchester. His memorial is located at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France (Panel Number - I. F. 31) The cemetery was begun in May 1916 and was used by three different medical units until May 1919. There are now 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated at the site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and special memorials are erected to fifteen soldiers from the United Kingdom, four from New Zealand and two from Australia, whose graves could not be exactly located.
ALFRED MATTHEW BROUGHTON - Private - 8th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment
He died on Wednesday, 11th April 1917 at the age of 28. He was the son of Jarvis and Sarah Broughton, of Lincoln, UK. His memorial can be found in Duisans British Cemetery in the village of Etrun, Pas de Calais, France. (Panel# III.E.17) The cemetery was used by British forces beginning in February 1917. From the autumn of 1918 until late 1920, it was also used by Canadian forces. There are now over 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
ANDREW BROUGHTON - Private - 2nd Bn., Northamptonshire Regiment
He died on Friday, 4th June 1915. His name is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial (Panel 7) in Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. The Memorial is located in Berks Cemetery Extension south of the town of Ieper. The Memorial commemorates over 11,000 men who have no known grave, but who fought throughout the War on Belgian soil beside French troops, and died in France or Belgium when the frontier was of little interest in this area in which trench warfare lasted longest.
ARTHUR BROUGHTON - Private - 2nd Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
He died on Monday, 3rd December 1917. His name can be found on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing (Panel 70-72) located at the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium which is northeast of Ieper.
ARTHUR BROUGHTON -Rifleman - 16th Bn., Rifle Brigade
He died on Sunday, 3rd September 1916 at the age of 24. He was the son of Charles and Maria Broughton, of 26, Croysland Rd., Chalk Farm, London. His name can be found on the Thiepval Memorial (Panel: Pier & Face 16B & 16C) in Somme, France.
ARTHUR BROUGHTON - Corporal - 10th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment
He who died on Friday, 10th May 1918 at the age of 23. His parents were Cockshird and Winifred Broughton, of Four Lane Ends, Bradford, Yorks. His memorial is at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (Panel IX.B.66) Pas de Calais, France. There are now nearly 6,000, 1914-18 and 200, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
ARTHUR BROUGHTON - Private - 7th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
He died on Monday, 7th August 1916 at the age of 19. He was a native of Retford, Notts and was the son of Henry and Jane Broughton, of 17, Ronald Rd., Balby, Doncaster. He memorial can be found at Couin British Cemetery (Panel # II.C.1) in the village of Couin, Pas de Calais, France. The British Cemetery was begun in May 1916 and was used by units and Field Ambulances during the Battles of the Somme, 1916. There are now 400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
ARTHUR WILLIAM BROUGHTON - Gunner - 98th Bty. 1st Bde., Royal Field Artillery
He died on Monday, 16th September 1918. Age 20. Son of John Thomas and Emily Dorothy Broughton, of 136, Gloucester Rd., Croydon, Surrey.
AUSTIN FRANK BROUGHTON - Private - "A" Coy. 1st Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers
He died on Wednesday, 16th June 1915. He was 19-years-old. His parents were William C. and Ellen E. Broughton, of 9, Rosebery Avenue, Gloucester. His name can be found on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 8-12) located on the eastern side of the town Ieper (formerly known as Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. The Memorial bears the names of men who were lost without a trace during the defense of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.