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232109 Sgt. Arthur "Archie" Broadbent British Army Royal Signals from:Manchester Arthur Broadbent was born in 1917 and worked for the GPO before World War 2. He enlisted in the Royal Signals in 1939 and married Alice Burn in October 1940. He served at Dunkirk with the Royal Signals and was duly evacuated. After leave he returned to service with the RCS and served in North Africa and then Greece, where he was taken prisoner. He was transported to Austria and incarcerated in Stalag 18A at Wolfsberg from 1942 to 1945. At Stalag 18A Arthur laboured in the quarry works along with other POWs. During rest times he played the drums in the camp orchestra, and became friends with New Zealander Harvey Garland, after whom his son, Harvey was named. Arthur's health suffered from his POW camp days and he died at the age of 52 in 1969. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.