The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A P Broad

Photograph by Brad Evans

Private Arthur Percy BROAD, 20079, 5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died in Voluntary Aid Hospital, Heath Close, Dartford Heath, Kent, 2.20 am, 5th February 1915, from pneumonia contracted while on service.

Son of Arthur & Sarah Broad, of 2, South St., Gravesend, Kent. Brother Bernard Broad.

1911 Census - 2 South Street, Gravesend, Kent - Sarah Broad, widow, age 57, widow, 7 children, 5 still alive, private means, born Gravesend, Kent; Arthur Percy Broad, son, age 34, single, house painter & plumber, born Gravesend, Kent; Edith Emma Broad, daughter, age 27, single, born Gravesend, Kent; Nellie Ethel Broad, daughter, age 25, single, drapers shop assistant, born Gravesend, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 38, National Reserve, 3094, previously served Kent Royal Garrison Artillkery.

21st September 1914, enlisted & appointed to National Reserve Guard, attached 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

5th March 1915, Probate - Broad Arthur Percy of 2, South St., Milton next Gravesend, Kent, died 5th February 1915, at Heath Close, Dartford, administration to Sarah Broad, widow. Effects £64 17s 11d.

Buried at Gravesend Cemetery, 3605, Gravesend, Kent.

Commemorated at Christ Church, Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent

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

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