Broughton, James Alfred

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WALTER AND SUSANNAH BROUGHTON, OF  24 WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS) . NEPHEW AND ADOPTED CHILD OF MARY DIXON – 9 WALCOTT AVENUE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL AND 1 LILLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL.  EMPLOYED AS A HULL FISH WORKER

HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/04/1916, AGED 20. DIED WITH LANCE CORPORAL, MICHAEL JOHN KELLY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WALTER. HIS MOTHER RECIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSIONOF 5 SHILLINGS FOR HIS DEATH

HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S GILLETT STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)


First name:
JAMES ALFRED
Military Number:
3303
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/04/1916
Place died:
Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
20
24 , WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK