BROAD, JOHN ERIC, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Hertfordshire Regt., eldest s. of Thomas John Broad, of Earlsgate, Watford, H.M. Coroner for Watford Division of Herts, by his wife, Amelia Florence, yr. dau. of W. T. Coles, J.P., of Watford; and brother to Capt. F. B. Broad, M.C. (q.v.); b. Watford aforesaid, 26 April, 1894: educ. Aldenham School, Elstree; was a Law Student: joined the Artists’ Rifles on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from early in 1915; was invalided home in Sept. of that year, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. The Hertfordshire Regt. on 2 Dec. 1915, being promoted Lieut. in Dec. 1916; returned to France in Oct. 1917, and was killed in action at Mont St. Quentin 23 March, 1918, while fighting a rearguard action, covering the retirement of the men under his command. He was at first reported as missing, but subsequently a letter was received from a private of the Black Watch, who was a wounded prisoner in Germany, giving an account of his death on the field on the 23rd. He was a good all-round athlete and a popular officer; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5