THOMAS BROXTON 

Thomas BROXTON
Rank: Sapper
Service Number:151.
Regiment: Cheshire Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Killed In Action Saturday 25th September 1915
Age 40
FromBromborough.
County Memorial Port Sunlight
Commemorated\Buried Sanctuary Wood Cemetery
Grave\Panel Ref: I. D. 1.
CountryBelgium

Thomas's Story.

Birkenhead News  02 October 1915

SUNLIGHT SOLDIER SHOT.

News has been received at Port Sunlight that Sapper T. Broxton, who was attached to the Cheshire Field Co., Royal Engineers, has been killed in action in Flanders. Sapper Broxton, who was well-known in Port Sunlight, resided with his wife at 53, Bebington Road. He has been out at the front since December last, and had served with the company for a period of 13 years. His son is in the Denbighshire Hussars, and both were in the employ of Messrs. Lever Brothers.