Edward Ramsden Broadhead (1917-1954) [Second-Lieutenant (later Captain), Royal Marines]
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- born 15 November 1917 at Marsden (Q4 1917 Huddersfield née Wainwright)
- baptised 13 January 1918 at All Hallows, Almondbury
- son of Ben Franklin Broadhead & Rebecca (née Wainwright)
- married Joan Pearl Anastasia Wells on 15 January 1944 at All Hallows, Almondbury
- Michael R. Broadhead (b 25 April 1945)
- David R. Broadhead (b 29 September 1946)
- Lyn R. Broadhead (b 1951)
- died 11 December 1954 (lived at The Grange, Newlands Road, Dalton)
- buried 15 December 1954 at All Hallows, Almondbury
Records:
- 1921 Census (FindMyPast) – 44 Promenade, Southport (visitors)
- 1939 Register (FindMyPast) – 11 Longley Road, Huddersfield (“worsted mill manager”)
Articles:
- Huddersfield Examiner (14/Sep/1940) – News of Some Men in the Forces
- Huddersfield Examiner (21/Sep/1940) – News of Men in the Forces
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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (15/Jan/1944):
ALMONDBURY CEREMONY
Brother and Sister in Double Wedding
Almondbury Parish Church was the scene of a double wedding at noon today, when Captain Edward Ramsden Broadhead, Royal Marines, was married to Miss Joan Pearl Wells, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wells, 18, Somerset Road, Swindon, and his sister, Miss Nancy Elizabeth Broadhead, was married to Surgeon-Lieut. Basil Robinson, R.N.V.R., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Robinson, 194, City Road, Cardiff.
Capt. Broadhead and his sister Nancy, are the only son and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Broadhead, 11, Longley Road.
The ceremonies were conducted by the Vicar of Almondbury, the Rev. A. F. Bellman, Mr. James Stott was at the organ.
Capt. Broadhead’s best man was his uncle, Mr. R. Wainwright, and Lieut. Robinson’s best man was his brother, Sapper Leon Robinson. The duties of groomsman were carried out by Mr. T. Midwood, cousin of Capt. Edward and Miss Broadhead.
The two brides, who were given away by their fathers, were attired in dresses of white cloche with head-dresses of orange veiling and coronets of orange blossom. They carried bouquets of red carnations.
After a reception at the George Hotel, Captain and Mrs. Broadhead left for a honeymoon on the West Coast and Lieutenant and Mrs. Robinson left for the South Coast. Mrs. Broadhead travelled in a navy blue chalk-line costume, and Mrs. Robinson in a navy two-piece trimmed with white.
Capt. and Mrs. Broadhead are to live at Rosed, Courtlands Cross, Exmouth, and Lieut. and Mrs. Robinson will live at Sunnyside, Courtlands Cross, Exmouth.
Capt. Broadhead, who is a director of Messrs. William Thomson and Sons, Ltd., Woodhouse Mills, was presented with tea and coffee services from the staff at the mill. Before the war and while on leave he played for the Old Boys and cricket with the Kirkheaton Club.
Surgeon-Lieutenant Robinson is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (London). During the first two years of war he served in H.M.S. Hesperus and took part in the Norwegian campaign. He played Rugby and water polo for the University of Wales.
Huddersfield Examiner (22/Jan/1944):
MARRIAGES
BROADHEAD-WELLS – On January 15, at All Hallows, Almondbury, by the Rev. A. F. Bellman (Vicar), Edward Ramsden, Captain, Royal Marines, only son of Mr. and Mrs B. F. Broadhead, of 11, Longley Road, Huddersfield, to Joan Pearl, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wells, of Swindon.
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