The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal C N Broad

Lance Corporal Charles Nelson BROAD, G/1601, "D" Company, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, died on or since 13th July 1916, age 30.

Born Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent, son of Mary Ann Broad, of 21, Galley Hill Road, Northfleet, Kent.

1911 Census - 6 Bude Terrace, Galley Hill, Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Kent - Mary Ann Broad, Head, age 46, widow, married 26 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, born Staplehurst, Kent; Elizabeth Annie Broad, daughter, age 26, single, at home, born Boughton Monchelsea, Kent; Charles Nelson Broad, son, age 24, single, general labourer, cement factory, born Boughton Monchelsea, Kent; George Edgar Broad, son, age 21, single, vertical boiler stoker, chalk quarry, born Northfleet, Kent; Frank Broad, son, age 18, single, brakesman, cement factory, born Swanscombe, Kent; Mary Broad, age 11, school, born Swanscombe, Kent; John Broad, son, age 11, school, born Swanscombe, Kent; Ethel May Broad, daughter, age 9, school, born Swanscombe, Kent; Richard Edwin Broad, stepson, age 33, single, horse driver, cement factory, born Staplehurst, Kent; William Edgar Selves, brother, age 43, single, general labourer, cement factory, born Marden, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent. Resided Northfleet, Kent.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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