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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Harold Emmett Broadsmith -

Name

Harold Emmett Broadsmith, elder son of Mr and Mrs H E Broadsmith of The Boulders, Binstead, Isle of Wight.
 
Commemorated on the Ryde School War Memorial

Service details

Flight Lieutenant 40205 Harold Emmett Broadsmith, Royal Air Force

CWGC record ...

Date of Death :6 June 1941
Where buried or commemorated :Alamein Memorial, Egypt

148 Sqn were based at Kabrit in Egypt, equipped with Vickers Wellington bombers. Nothing is known of this Officer's death. He was reported "Missing" in The Times of 4 August 1941. Reported to have officially lost his life in June 1941, according to the death notice in The Times of 8 Dec 1941, where his parents' names are given.

Flt Lt Broadsmith attended Ryde School, where his name appears on the Ryde School War Memorial. His name does not appear on the Binstead War Memorial.

Information provided by : John Bloodworth and taken from The Times Digital Archive.

Old Rydeian Harold Broadsmith
 
Flt/Lt Harold Broadsmith, RAF
Photo courtesy of Ryde School
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Page last updated : 22 January 2009


 
 

 
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