Broughall, John

BORN BOLTON, LANCS 1883. LIVED IN HULL. ELDEST CHILD AND ONLY SON OF HENRY & LOUISA HARRIET BROUGHALL, OF 99 JALLAND STREET, HULL. SON OF A PLATER. HE HAD THREE YOUNGER SISTERS, JANET, ELIZABETH AND LOUISA, WHO LIVED AT 99 JALLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A SORTING CLERK AND TELEGRAPHIST, LIVING AT 99 JALLAND STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)

HE ENLISTED AT HULL.. SERVED WITH THE LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/07/1917, AGED 34. BURIED BELGIUM. HE LEFT £330 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.

Name John Broughall
Birth Place Bolton, Lancashire, 1883
Residence Hull
Death Date 24 Jul 1917
Death Place Oak Dump Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Enlistment Place Hull
Rank Rifleman
Regiment London Regiment
Battalion 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
Regimental Number 372886
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre

First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
372886
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
24/07/1917
Place died:
Oak Dump Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
34
99, JALLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK