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Ernest William Broughton

Private

Service No. 871

Age 23

Died on 23 July 1916

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Somme, France

Son of John and Eliza Broughton, of Trafford House, West Bar, Banbury, Oxon.

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Anne Howe

Always remembered by his nephew, John William Broughton and family.

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Henry Harrison

Ernest, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Anne Howe

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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Ernest, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and the 7th batta...

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