Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article - Friday May 28th, 1915

RAVENSTONE SOLDIER A PRISONER

WOULD LIKE SOME NOURISHING FOOD

Pte. J. Broadhurst, a Ravenstone soldier in the Coldstream Guards, is a prisoner of war at the prisoners camp, Schneidemuhl, Germany. In a letter to his parents residing in Church Lane, Ravenstone, dated April 15th, he says: “I hope this will find you in the best of health, as I am getting along nicely after coming out of hospital. Don’t be alarmed. You will guess that it has left me a bit weak and I could do with some nourishment such as cake, jam, or anything tinned and don’t forget pipe, tobacco and cigarettes. I will repay you when I get home. I should like you to send as regularly as possible and send in those biscuit tins. Write back as soon as possible. By the way, I wrote to you 13 weeks ago – in January – let me know if you received it or not.”

Research undertaken and submitted (including photograph from the Coalville Times) by Andy Murby 7/10/2017