Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. Broadhurst, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War, and died in German captivity on 30 November 1914

1914 Star (9790 Pte. E. Broadhurst. 1/R.W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (9790 Pte. E. Broadhurst. R.W. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180

Edwin Broadhurst was born in Birmingham and served in France with the 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers from 6 October 1914. Captured within weeks of disembarking, Broadhurst died of wounds and was buried by the Germans at Tourcoing (Pont-Neuville) Communal Cemetery in the Nord region of France. His grave was originally marked with a wooden cross, later replaced by a CWGC headstone in the early 1920s.