Leonard Broadhurst
he was a painter prior to enlisting
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Leonard Broadhurst was born on 28th October 1897 at Lougborough he was baptised on 24th September 1902, at St Mary's Church, Nottingham, his mother Elizabeth is described as a single woman also listed is William Henry Mills, his siblings are also baptised with him, they are Charlotte, Gertrude and Harriett their address is 9 Rushton Place, Nottingham.
His mother Elizabeth was born in 1870 at Whitwick Leicestershire, she died in 1916 at Nottingham, she was 46 yrs of age.
In the 1901 census the family are living at 22 Main Road, Toton, Nottingham, his mother Elizabeth 31 yrs is living with William Mills 32 yrs a farm foreman, she is living with her children, Charles 10 yrs, Albert 9yrs, Charlotte 6 yrs Leonard 3yrs and Gertrude 2 yrs old.
His pension record card shows his dependant as his sister Gertrude Broadhurst of of 33 Denman Street, Radford, Nottingham.
Private Leonard Broadhurst, enlisted at Nottingham, on 8th June 1915, he served with “A” Company, 17th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Welbeck Rangers),he was killed in action on 2nd August 1917 whilst serving in the trenches at Steenbeeke, Belgium and having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Ypres Menin Gate.
He had been sent to prison for theft in August 1914
article published 'Nottingham Daily Express,' 29th August 1914 :-
“Exemplary punishment was meted out at the court to a youth of 17 years named Leonard Broadhurst, a labourer, of 4, Ossington-street, who was charged with a series of thefts from allotment gardens at Radford. Mr. R. A. Young, who prosecuted behalf of the Aspley Allotment Garden Holders’ Association, said there had been a good deal of pilfering in the allotments recently a result of which the allotment-holders would have to bear an expenditure of about £10 in order to repair their sheds. In passing sentence of two months’ imprisonment, the chairman said that this robbery from men who could so ill afford losses was highly discreditable. He hoped the present case would serve as a warning to other people.”
Above article is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo of Leonard Broadhurst
Ypres Menin Gate memorial, Belgium, courtesy of the cwgc