LEMUEL CHARLES BROUGHTON (1878 - 1953)

Charlie Broughton 1927		 Charlie Broughton was my mother's father and undoubtedly quite a character. He was fascinated by the sea and would return to it whenever possible - often at short notice and leaving his wife and family at the drop of a hat. In 1891 he worked as a rigging sorter in a ropeyard in Beccles and, by 1901, was an Able Seaman. He worked on the collier brig "Mary Stowe" out of Yarmouth and in various other seafaring capacities over the years - though his profession on official documents was always given as "engineer". He joined the RAMC in 1914 and served until 1918. In his last sea years, he worked as a summer steward on board the yacht of a titled lady from Lowestoft - the wife of a vicar During the winter he worked as a packer in the fish market. When I visited my grandparents' home in Lowestoft in the years after World War 2, Grandad Broughton would walk with me round the crowded Lowestoft docks, chatting to all the fishermen as they unloaded their catch.
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