The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal J A Broad

Corporal James Albert BROAD, 1589, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of pneumonia, 2nd February 1920, age 26.

Born Northfleet, Kent, son of James Alfred & Rosina Broad, of 3, Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 22 The Creek, Northfleet, Kent - James Broad, head, married, cement works labourer, born Northfleet, Kent; Rosina Broad, wife, age 37, married 18 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Northfleet, Kent; James Broad, son, age 16, single, cement works labourer, born Northfleet, Kent; William Broad, son, age 15, single, cement works labourer, born Northfleet, Kent; George Broad, son, age 14, school, born Northfleet, Kent; Edward Broad, son, age 11, school, born Northfleet, Kent; Harry Broad, son age 9, born Northfleet, Kent; Rosina Broad, daughter, age 7, born Northfleet, Kent; Alice Broad, daughter, age 2, born Northfleet, Kent.

Enlisted 7th September 1914, Gravesend, Kent, age 20 years 139 days, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 116lbs, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, two scars left thigh. Formerly cooper.

Home 7th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF 26th July 1915 to 3rd July 1916; Home 4th July 1916 to 10th August 1917; MEF 11th August 1917 to 25th April 1919; En Route to UK via India, 26th April 1919 to 29th October 1919; Home 30th October 1919 to 28th November 1919.

7th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th November 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 5th March 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 10th June 1915, promoted Corporal; 1st September 1915, 55 Field Ambulance, impetigo; 2nd September 1915, 18 DRS impetigo; 23rd October 1915, 55 Field Ambulance not yet diagnosed, to 18 DRS; 27th October 1915, 18 DRS, impetigo, to duty; 1st July 1916, wounded, shell wound right arm; 4th July 1916, to England, Hospital Ship Makens, ex 12 General Hospital, Rouens; 4th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th July 1916 to 15th September 1916,1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, shell wound arm and hand; 15th September 1916 to 21st October 1916, Convalescent Hospital, Eastbourne, fit, sent on furlough; 30th October 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th to 20th December 1916, Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, shrapnel right hand, removed; 22nd December 1916, General Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, this man arrived and was in for one night; 23rd December 1916 to 10th January 1917, Broomlands, Langton Kent, disease of injury, shrapnel wound, right hand, dry dressing, healed; 11th August 1917, posted MEF & transferred to 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1917, left Chatham, embarked Southampton, H.T. Saxon; 10th September 1917, disembarked Basra; 19th October 1917, joined Battalion; 5th May 1918, joined Physical & Bayonet Training School, Baghdad; 31st May 1918, rejoined Battalion; 17th September 1918 to 9th October 1918, granted E D Rate of Pay, whilst employed 34th Brigade Soda Water Factory; 6th May 1919, disembarked at Bombay ex H.T. Coconada ; 7th May 1919, Corporal, joined No.17. Special Battalion; 22nd September 1919, Karachi, embarked for the UK per H.T.Huntsend; 28th November 1919, transferred to Class "Z" on Demobilization, 3, Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent;

13th July 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Alfred Broad, 3, Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Mother, Rosina Broad, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Brothers - William John Broad, age 24, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Horace Victor Broad, age 22, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Edward Broad, age 20, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Harry Broad, age 18, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Sisters - Rosina Broad, age 16, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent; Alice Broad, age 11, 3,Taunton Road, Northfleet, Kent.

Buried at Northfleet Cemetery, D. 732., Northfleet, Kent.

NOTE: Not included in Regimental History or Soldiers Died in the Great War but shown on CWGC web site.

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