Service Details
Name:
 BROAD
Given Name:
 LESLIE BEN
Initials:
 L B
Service No:
 D/JX 137005
Rank:
 Leading Telegraphist
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Bridgewater
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Date of Death:
 1941-08-26
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, lost in accident, to Liberty boat returning to ship at night
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter and Edith Broad; husband of Rae Broad (nee Smith), of Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 50, Column 2.

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