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Pte. Fred Broomfield

British Army 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment

from:Burgh le Marsh

(d.12th Oct 1917)

Fred Broomfield was killed in action on Friday, 12th October 1917, aged 22, in the first Battle of Passchendaele and lies in an unknown grave, he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, Passchendaele, West Flanders, Belgium.

Born in Burgh-le-Marsh, he enlisted at Louth, giving his place of residence as Burgh-le Marsh. He was the son of Henry John and Ellen Broomfield of Burgh le Marsh. Fred is remembered with honour on the Burgh-le-Marsh War Memorial in the grounds of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church .



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