BORN GLASGOW 1898. SON OF JOHN & MARY BROADFOOT, OF EDINBURGH.
HUSBAND OF MAY BROADFOOT (BORN 8TH JULY 1894), LIVING AT 37 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND LATER 41, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE SERVED AS LANCE BOMBARDIER, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 135TH BATTERY. 32ND BRIGADE. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 01/11/1918, AGED 20.
HE IS BURIED AT QUERENAING COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A DEAR SON AT REST-MOTHER, EVER IN THOUGHT-MAY”
HIS WIDOW MAY RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, ON 13/9, ON 16TH JUNE 1919. SHE REMARRIED, BECAME MAY HAMILTON AND MOVED TO 41, GLASGOW STREET, SELBY STREET, HULL.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
77884
Rank:
Lance Bombardier
Date Died
01/11/1918
Place died:
QUERENAING COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
20
