Service Details
Name:
 BROADWOOD
Given Name:
 ROBERT GEORGE
Initials:
 R G
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Lieutenant General
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Regiment:
 General Staff
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Unit:
 57th Division
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Former Regiment:
 late 12th (Prince of Wales Royal) Lancers
Date of Death:
 1917-06-21
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Date of Birth:
 1862-04-01
Age:
 55
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 C B, Osmanieh (Fourth Class)
Citations:
 Osmanieh (Fourth Class) LG 7 Oct 1898
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Mary Alethia Broadwood. 12th Lancers, Gentleman Cadet Robert George Broadwood, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieuteuant, vice H. S. Richardson, promoted. Dated 22nd January, 1881; 12th Lancers, Captain Robert G. Broadwood in seconded for service on the Staff. Dated 3rd May, 1892; 12th Lancers, Brevet Colonel R. G. Broadwood, C.B., A.D.C. to the King (extra), removed from the regiment on the appointment to the Staff. Dated 9th December, 1902; Major-General Robert George Broadwood, C.B., General Officer Commanding in South China, to be Colonel 7 May 1909; Major-General Robert G. Broadwood, C.B., to be Lieutenant-General, vice Sir F. W. Kitchener, K.C.B., deceased. Dated 7th March, 1912.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ANZAC CEMETERY, SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS
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Grave Reference:
 II. I. 6.

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