Broderick, James

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF JAMES BRODERICK (1867-1938) AND THERESA BRODERICK (1868-1939), OF 65, VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNES ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LEEDS. SON OF A SHIPYARD RIVERTER. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A PAINT SHOP ASSISTANT.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26975, 8TH WELSH REGIMENT. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO THE DARDENELLES, ON 11/07/1915. WOUNDED AT GALLIPOL. DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE 21ST GENERAL HOSPITAL, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, ON 17/09/1915, AGED 23.

BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL, EGYPT.

AWARDED THE 1914-15 STAR, BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO MRS ROSANNA McGARRY.

NOTE HIS SURNAME IS SPELT “BRODRICK” IN SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS AND BRODERICK IN CWGC RECORDS.


First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
26975, 4/8491
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/09/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
23
5, RICHMOND TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK