Name on Memorial: BROOME, HERBERT
Name: Herbert Broome
Age: 27
Service No: 202530 (formerly 2023)
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/5th Bn (formerly 1/10th Bn Royal Scots)
Awards: n/a
Died: 01/09/1917
Theatre of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Cemetery/Memorial: TYNE COT CEMETERY
Grave/Panel Ref: V. E. 4
Additional Info:
Son of Mr T. A. Broome, Thomson Place, Corbiehall, Bo’ness. Died at the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.
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His full name was Herbert Ainslie Broome, son of Thomas Ainslie Broome and Margaret Rae. Born 3/8/1890. Herbert had 9 siblings and was my great uncle. Before joining the forces he worked in the Bo’ness Iron Company.