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Military service
Service number:
53892
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
October 31, 1896
Kingsville, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 23, 1914
Galt, Ontario
Death:
January 30, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Amos and Elizabeth S. Broadwell, of Pincher Creek, Alberta.
Brother of Private Beryl William Broadwell, who died on June 5, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star; British War Medal (1914-18); Victory Medal (1914-18)
Digital gallery of Private Emerald Brittan Broadwell
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Photo of Emerald Broadwell
Pte Emerald Broadwell while in H Company before Embarking for the United Kingdom, later he would transfer to the Battalion Scouts and Snipers. -
Galt War Memorial
The Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial, Queen's Square, Cambridge, Ontario. Circa 1930. Frances Loring and William Lyon Somerville.<P> Inscribed:"TO THEM ALL HONOUR / GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY / 1914-1918 / 1939-1945 / 1950-1953." -
Close up of Galt War Memorial
Detail of the Cambridge (Galt) War Memorial. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
"Previously reported died, now for official purposes presumed to have died: During the morning of January 30th, 1916, this soldier with a comrade, left out [our] trenches under cover of fog. They reached an enemy listening post which was unoccupied but found bombs there and brought them back to our lines. They returned again to the listening post to await the return of the enemy, and nothing further has since been received concerning these two soldiers." Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Photo of Emerald Broadwell
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Emerald Brittan Broadwell
Digital gallery of
Private Emerald Brittan Broadwell
Digital gallery of
Private Emerald Brittan Broadwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 58 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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