Letter to Joan Broderick

Letter to Joan Broderick

A letter from the Air Ministry informing Joan Broderick that her husband, Kenneth James Broderick who has been missing in action, is presumed dead.

1943-02-18

One page type written letter

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Telephone No [deletion] Holborn 3434 [/deletion] Gerrard 9234
Trunk calls and telegraphic address:-{ “Air Ministry”, London
Air Ministry [deleted] Kingsway. W.0.2. [/deleted] 73-77, Oxford Street, London, W.1.
P.370795/42/P.4.(b)
18 February, 1943.
Madam,
I am commanded by the Air Council to state that in view of the lapse of time and the absence of any further news regarding your husband, Pilot Officer K. J. Broderick, since the date on which he was reported missing, they must regretfully conclude that he has lost his life, and his death has now been presumed, for official purposes, to have occurred on the 9th July, 1942.
The Council desire me to express again their sympathy with you in the anxiety which you have suffered, and in your bereavement.
I am, Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
RS Richards

Mrs. K. J Broderick,
21, Croydon Road,
Beckenham,
Kent.

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[underlined] Doc 4 [/underlined] 18/2/1943
Letter from Air Ministry
KJB presumed dead