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Second Lieutenant CECIL HOYLE BROADBENT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY

D. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Eliza Broadbent, Old Colwyn, N. Wales. Brigade Instructor of Bombing School at Albert.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 206
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