Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Paddington Cemetery | I K. 2199. | |
| 2. Website: | Comrades Lodge No. 2976. | ||
| 3. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.117 | |
| 4. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 39A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches 1914 (Mons) Star British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Family :
Son of the late Percival Broadbent and of Mary Broadbent, of 50, Hans Place, Sloane St., London; husband of Kathleen Gertrude Newall Watson (formerly Broadbent), of Ridgecoombe, Hindhead, Surrey.Caius College Adm. at CAIUS, Oct. 1, 1898. 3rd s. of Percival, barrister, deceased. B. Feb. 18, 1877, in London. School, Uppingham. Matric.Michs. 1898. Entered the Army (2nd Lieut., 8th Hussars, 1901; Lieut., 1905; Capt., 1910; Major). Served in the South African War, 1900; with Strathcona's Horse, in Natal and in the Transvaal. In the Great War, Brigade Major, 169th Brigade Infantry, 1916-17; deputy assistant Quarter-Master General, with the Ulster Div., 1917-18; mentioned in despatches; M.C., 1918. Died Oct. 31, 1918, of influenza. Brother of Herbert J. (1894). (Venn, II. 556; Vis. of England and Wales, XVII; Univ. War List; Caian.)
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars |
8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars August 1914 : in Ambala in India, part of the Ambala Cavalry Brigade. Moved with Brigade to France as part of 1st Indian Cavalry Division, landed Marseilles 10 November 1914. 15 September 1915 : transferred with brigade to 2nd Indian Cavalry Division. 26 November 1916 : 2nd Indian Cavalry Division renamed as 5th Cavalry Division. February 1918 : Division broken up; regiment transferred on 10 September 1918 to 9th Cavalry Brigade in 1st Cavalry Division. |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
Probate: BROADBENT, Edgar Richard of 10 Neville Terrace, Onslow Gardens, Middlesex and c/o Messrs. Wilson and Ellis, 64 Gresham Street, London - Major 8th Hussars M.C. died 31 October 1918 at 2nd London General Hospital, Fulham Road, Middlesex. Probate London, 24 January to Robert William Allen, Captain 8th Hussars and Richard Lockhart Ovey, Major, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Effects £3198 1s. 7d.
Visitation of England and Wales Vol. 20 shows the following: "Major Edgar Richard Broadbent, M.C., 8th Hussars, died, while on leave from France, 31 October, and was buried in Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Lane, co. Middlesex, 7 November 1918."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Wychwood No. 2414 E.C. | Oxfordshire |
| Joined : | Comrades Lodge No. 2976 E.C. | Essex |
| Joined : | Chutter Munzil No. 3276 E.C. | Bengal |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
15th February 1906 | 27th March 1906 | 24th April 1906 |
Mother Lodge is Wychwood No. 2414 and initiated in 1906. Joined Comrades Lodge No. 2976 on 17th February 1907, resigning 21st March 1910. He had been posted to Lucknow just prior to that, joining Chutter Munzil Lodge No. 3276 on 22nd January 1910.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley