Name
William James Broughton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1914
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
10273
Highland Light Infantry
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES TOWN CEMETERY
A3. 5.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was born in Hitchin on 25th December 1884. He was educated in Northampton.
Wartime Service
His name appears in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, the entry reads:
"BROUGHTON, WILLIAM, Private, No. 10273, 2nd Battn. (74th Foot) The Highland Light Infantry, son of (-) Broughton; born Hitchin, co. Herts, 25 Dec. 1884; educated Northampton; enlisted in the H.L.I., and later worked as a Currier in Northampton; was called up on mobilisation; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 12 Aug. 1914, and died 21 Oct. following, of wounds received in action at Ypres. Buried in a churchyard there."
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
