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 NAME:                      Broomfield, Robert Frederick
 RANK:                      Gunner
 UNIT:                      Royal Garrison Artillery
 BATTALION ETC:             495th Siege Battery
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         170581
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of sarcoma in left thigh 17th April 1918 at Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: St Matthew Churchyard, Netley Marsh, Hampshire, UK
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 1888. Son of Robert & Eliza Broomfield, in 1901 family living at Bears Lane, Netley Marsh.
                            Husband of Eva Beatrice Maud Pengelly (unmarried on pension card) of Home Cottage, Ringwood Road, Totton, Hants.
                            Burial register gives his address as Calmore Road.
                            Married 2nd March 1908 at St Marys Church, Eling, Hants.
                            Born & resided: Totton, Hants. Enlisted: Southampton.