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Early Life :
The majority of this legend, including the portrait image is courtesy of Geoff Cuthill of the Province of West Lancashire, to whom the project is grateful.Broughton was born on 13th January, 1876 to Henry Smart and Catharine (nee Broughton) at Saxton Grange, Saxton cum Scarthingwell, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, where his father farmed 245 acres. He was baptised on 15 February 1876 at Saxon in Elmet, Yorkshire. His parents had married three years earlier in 1873 at Ely, Cambridgeshire, but sadly father, Henry, died in 1885 aged 39.
In the 1901 census the family have moved to 54 Harehills Terrace, Potter Newton, near Leeds with Broughton giving his occupation as a 25 year old seafarer and describing himself as a 2nd Mate.
On 5th October, 1910 Broughton married 25 year old Amy Winifred Jones at Rossett Parish Church, which is a village between Chester and Wrexham. He is described as a 33 year old bachelor residing in Rossett, the son of Henry Mart, a farmer. Amy is a 25 year old spinster rising Rossett, the daughter of John Vaughan Jones, a postmaster . The wedding was witnessed by Kenneth N Adam, J V Jones and Edy Jones.
They can be found in the 1911 census at the Old Post Office in Rossett, between Chester and Wrexham. Broughton is a 34 year old mariner involved in foreign trade, while Amy is 25 years of age, born at Rossett. In the two previous census returns Amy is found with her parents and siblings living at Rossett Post Office, Denbighshire, where her father is Postmaster.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: SS Potosi |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
The 1916 index to the Calendar of Wills and Probate it gives Smart, Broughton Smart of the Nook, Rossett, Denbighshire an officer in the mercantile marine died 21st August 1916 at sea. Administration St. Asaph 30 November to Amy Winifred Smart widow. Effects £147. 7s. 8d. The marine death index for 1916 has Broughton S Smart, aged 39 years, Mate aboard S.S. Potosi, died at sea through exhaustion on 21 August, born Yorkshire, residence as The Nook, Rossett.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Kirkdale No. 1756 E.C. | West Lancashire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
26th April 1916 | 24th May 1916 | - |
Broughton Smart Smart was initiated into KIRKDALE LODGE No.1756 on 26 April 1916, and was passed to the second degree on 24 May 1916. Described as a 39 year old Master Mariner staying at 18 Hillcroft Road, Wallasey, Cheshire, he was proposed by Martin Ozamis, a Chief Engineer, and seconded by Charles James Alldritt, a cashier.
This information is shown in the lodge books of Kirkdale Lodge, but was not included on the 1916 return sheet sent to United Grand Lodge, arguably the secretary thought it unnecessary due to Broughton dying before return was due.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley