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Broughtons
in World War I
- I J BROUGHTON -
Rifleman - 2nd/7th Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's
Own)
He died on Thursday, 12th April 1917 at the age of 21. His parents
were Mr. and Mrs. J. Broughton, of 50, Essex St., Barnoldswick,
Yorks. His memorial is on Panel Number I.B.10 in Achiet-le-Grand
Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. The extension
is located on the northwest side of the village Achiet-le-Grand,
19 kilometers south of Arras. The CEMETERY EXTENSION was used
by the British medical units from April, 1917, to March, 1918,
by the Germans to a small extent in March and April, 1918, and
by British troops in August, 1918. After the Armistice Plot III
and most of Plot IV were made by the concentration of 645 graves,
mainly of 1916 and March and August, 1918, from the battlefields
round Achiet and from other burial grounds. There are nearly
1,500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,
some 200 are unidentified, and special memorials are erected
to eight sailors and soldiers from the United Kingdom, known
or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials
record the names of eight soldiers from the United Kingdom, one
from Canada and one from New Zealand, buried in other cemeteries,
whose graves could not be found.
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