Private PO 1979(S) John BROADAWAY

Private PO 1979(S) John Broadaway{gallery}Pte J Broadaway{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Second Battle of Passchendaele, France and Flanders, 26th October 1917, aged 19

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 1 and 162A
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Broadaway [nee Twigger]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Broadaway
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Royal Marine Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 16 Jul 1898 (Service Records) or born 2nd Qtr 1899 (BMD) at Attleborough
• Lived at 15 Kern Street, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 7 George Street, Attleborough [1911]
  
• Lived at 254 Gadsby Street, Attleborough [1917]
• John was at school in 1911
  
• Enlisted 19 Feb 1917. Official Birth Records suggest that John was only 17 when he enlisted and gave a false birth date