Albert Broadway was born in St Ebbes, Oxford on 1 June 1892, the eldest son of William Broadway (a labourer) and Annie Broadway. After leaving school he was employed as an engine cleaner by the Great Western Railway. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class at HMS GANGES on 7 August 1908.

After training as a Seaman Torpedoman he served in a number of ships and shore establishments including the cruisers HMS BERWICK, HMS VINDICTIVE, HMS HAWKE and the battleships HMS ALBERMARLE and HMS DOMINION. After service in the armoured cruiser HMS CRESSY from 19 September 1913 to 9 March 1914 he joined the Submarine Depot Ship HMS BONAVENTURE ‘for Submarines’. Albert Broadway served in HMS E11 from 1 October 1914 to 25 February 1915.

He married Edith Rose Day of 17, Cripley Road, Osney, Oxford in the Parish Church of St. Thomas in Oxford on 6 March 1915. On 28 April 1915 he was drafted to HMS DOLPHIN and was then sent to the Canadian Vickers Shipyard in Montreal to ‘Stand By‘ and ‘Commission Submarine H8’ and ‘for passage to UK’ between 1 July 1915 and 21 October 1915.

On arrival back home, HMS H8 was attached to the Depot Ship HMS ALECTO at Great Yarmouth. Albert was a keen navy boxer and in December 1915, whilst serving in H8, he won the Middle Weight Championship at the Great Yarmouth naval base.

He served in H8 until 27 January 1916 and then returned to HMS DOLPHIN by which time he had qualified as a Leading Seaman (LTO). Albert Broadway next served in the Submarine Depot Ship HMS LUCIA from 1 September 1916. He was awarded the DSM (see the London Gazette dated 1 January 1917) ‘for services in Submarines between the start of the War & 3rd August 1916’. He served in HMS LUCIA until 31 January 1918 and then, as a Petty Officer, he was drafted to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS TITANIA ‘for Submarine G7’ on 1 February 1918.

In late October 1918 HMS G7 was on patrol in the North Sea when she failed to return to the Depot Ship as expected and was declared as lost with all hands on 1 November 1918.

At the time of his death his wife was living in Blyth, Northumberland. Albert Broadway is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial on Panel 28.