Robert Henry Broomfield
1871-1941
Father Nm: Charles Broomfield b. 1848 Surrey
Mother Nm: Jane Gill Anstey b. 1841 Cornwall
Marriage Dt: 2Q 1906 Lambeth
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Spouse comments: Jessie Hannah Blencowe [3519] born 1876 Lambeth M.Q
Children.Joanne Mary Broomfield Daughter 1907 ; Robert Enys Broomfield 1907 Twins
Born 1871
4 August 1871 St. Gluvias, Cornwall, England
1881 Census
Bagatelle, Mylor, Falmouth, Cornwall
Charles Broomfield Head Married Male 33 1848 Gamekeeper Wonersh, Surrey, England
Jane Broomfield Wife Married Female 40 1841 Gamekeepers wife Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Emily Broomfield Daughter Single Female 12 1869 Scholar Wonersh, Surrey, England
Robert Broomfield Son Single Male 9 1872 Scholar St Gluvias, Cornwall, England
William Broomfield Son Single Male 7 1874 Scholar St Gluvias, Cornwall, England
1891 Census
Emp Pond, Mylor, Falmouth
James Anstey Head Married Male 80 1811 Retired agricultural labourer St Gluvias, Cornwall, England
Charlotte Anstey Wife Married Female 79 1812 – St Gluvias, Cornwall, England
Jane G Broomfield Daughter Widow Female 50 1841 – Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Robert H Broomfield Grandson Single Male 19 1872 Carpenters apprentice Cornwall, England
1901 Census
Mill Street, Bodmin, Bodmin Borough, Cornwall
Francis J Polkinghorne Head Married Male 39 1862 Gardener domestic Truro, Cornwall, England
Celia A Polkinghorne Wife Married Female 40 1861 – Kea, Cornwall, England
Robert H Broomfield Boarder Single Male 29 1872 House builders foreman Cornwall, England
1906
Married at Brixton to Jessie School Mistress
1911 CENSUS
48 Dornton Road Balham S W, Wandsworth
Robert Henry Broomfield Head Married Male 39 1872 Check of works buildings Cornwall Mylor
Jessie Hannah Broomfield Wife Married Female 35 1876 – London Clapham
Joanne Mary Broomfield Daughter – Female 4 1907 – London Wandsworth
Robert Enys Broomfield Son – Male 4 1907 – London Wandsworth
WW1
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First name Robert Henry
Last name Broomfield
Rank Sergeant
Unit or regiment Royal Fusiliers; Norfolk Rgt; 29/middlesex Rgt; Labour Corp
LCC dept Architect’s Department
War service from 1916
War service to 1919
Record set London County Council Record Of War Service 1914-1918
Country England
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from England, Great Britain
Synopsis
Robert was a Carpenter and house Builder by trade and became a Clerk of Works Buildings with the London Conty Council and thus was probably enlisted to be involved in construction of Army Camp buildings , the fact that he appears to have earned no war medals suggests his time with four different regiments was to do the same Clerk of Works role he had in Civilian life , the Sergeant ranks supports the skill grading of him and not a combat role. He war already 44 by the time he enlisted and 47 when eventually his fitness was B2 and his discharge from the Army in 1919 a logical move.
1916
- 15 April, Enlisted in . Age 44 at the Whitehall Recruiting Depot. occupation Clerk of Works London County Council. Living at 99 Suborne Rd Brixton Hill. Regimental number 15877
- 18 April. Transferred to 1st Infantry Works Coy 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment
- 29 November. Transferred to 19th Bn Middlesex Regt.
1917
- 3 May. Transferred to No 330 Infantry Works Company
1918
- 15 May. Transferred to Royal Fusiliers Hounslow.
1919
- 19 March. Sergeant 177811, Labour Corps, Discharged
Medals
Sources
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- Ancestry and BFA database
After the War
1939 Census
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Robert H Broomfield 04 Aug 1871 Male Surveyor (Retired) Married 302 1
Jessie H Broomfield 01 Jan 1876 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 302 2
Robert E Broomfield 26 Dec 1906 Male Civil Engineer Single 302 3
~??? Broomfield 26 Dec 1906 Female Civil Servant (Lady Clerk) Single 302 4
Death 1941
10 March. Great Bookham Surrey
Gallery
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