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Rank : Private

Army Number : 40430

Unit : 6th Bn

Biography :

Enlisted at Leicester. Served with the 6th Bn during World War One. Died of wounds in France and Flanders campaign 2.10.1916, aged 20. He is buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France.

Sidney James Broughton was one of the fourteen children of James Glazebrook Broughton, a boot and shoe worker, and his wife Mary Jane, nee Moore. Sidney was born during 1895, and was baptised, with fourof his siblings, at St. Alban's Church, Leicester, on the 8th July 1898, when the family were living at 144, Dorset Street, Leicester.

He served with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the 2nd March 1915. He died of wounds on the Sommeon the 2nd October 1916, At the time of his death the family lived at a house in Outram Street, Leicester. Private Broughton was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and the Allied Victory Medal. (information from a private source)

Date of Birth : 1895

Place of Birth : Leicester

Date of Death : 2.10.1916

Place of Death : & & France

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & France