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Broughtons
in World War I
- DAVID BROUGHTON -
Rifleman - 9th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
He died on Tuesday, 22nd June 1915 at the age of 33. His wife
was Blanche Annie Broughton, of 25, Beresford Rd., Reading. His
memorial is located on Panel #51 and 53 on the Ypres (Menin Gate)
Memorial which is on the road to Menin in the eastern side of
the town Ypres (now Ieper, Belgium) in the Province of West Flanders.
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.
- DAVID ABRAHAM BROUGHTON - Private - 1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
He died on Friday, 26th October 1917 at the age 19. His parents
were Samuel James and Mary Ann Broughton, of Wisbech St. Mary,
Wisbech, Cambs. His memorial is on Panel Number I.U.33 in the
La Brique Military Cemetery No.2 on the northeast side of the
town of Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. There are now over 800,
1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly
400 are unidentified and memorials are erected to four soldiers
from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among
them.
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