BORN HULL 05/09/1876. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT BROADWELL AND ANNIE ELIZABETH PETERSON. SON OF A BLACKSMITH. BROTHERS, WALTER AND JAMES BROADWELL. EDUCATED AT BLUNDELL STREET BOARD SCHOOL.
SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. THEN WORKED FOR 21 YEARS FOR CHARLES HATFIELD COAL MERCHANTS, PRIOR TO THE WAR.
HE MARRIED, LILY ATKINSON AT SCULCOATES IN 1898.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, IN AUGUST 1914. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 27/12/1914. KILLED AT NEUVE CHAPPELLE, ON 9TH APRIL 1915, AGED 38. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL IN YPRES.
HE LEFT WIDOW, LILLY ATKINSON AND FIVE CHILDREN, ROBERT WILLIAM, HARRY, LAURA, LILY AND MURIEL, LIVING AT 1 FAWCETT TERRACE, DERBY STREET AND AT 7, WALTER’S TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL.
ALL HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO LILY. HIS DETAILS ARE LISTED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 1.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 29TH APRIL 1915,AND THE HULL TIMES, ON 1ST MAY 1915. *
