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Private JOHN W. S. H. BROOMHEAD

Service Number: 3710434
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAIGH (ST. DAVID) CHURCHYARD

Grave 978.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Pearse and Mary Broomhead, of New Springs, Wigan. His brother, James Edward Heaton Broomhead, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER JAMES 1ST BN. THE LOYAL REGT. KILLED 1ST APRIL 1943 AGE 21 IS BURIED IN TUNISIA
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Buried or commemorated at

HAIGH (ST. DAVID) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 11
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