Eric Raymond Broadbent
Born 1896
Died 1965
Active: 1911 - 1939
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural sculptor
Born in London. He was the son of Abraham Broadbent (c.1868-1919), architectural sculptor and the grandson of William Broadbent, stonemason. During the First World War, Eric served as a junior officer in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Between 1921-5 he executed most of the decorative work for Sir Edwin Lutyens' Britannic House, Finsbury Circus, London. Broadbent's highest profile commission was 'Speed Wings over the World' for the main entrance of the Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Buckingham Palace Road, London, opened in 1939 (now the National Audit Office). He died in or near Marlborough, Wiltshire.
This record includes information submitted by Angela Dodd-Crompton.
Locations
Address 68 Ormeley Road Balham London England | View on map
1896 - 1898
Residential address given by his parents whilst lodging or visiting Morecombe.
Address 192 Hydethorpe Road Clapham London England | View on map
1901 - 1904
Address 8 University Mansions Putney London England | View on map
1906 - 1907
Address Stamford Villa 446 Fulham Road London SW England | View on map
1910 - 1915 (Circa)
Address 436 Fulham Road London SW England | View on map
1918 (Circa) - 1919
Address 430 Fulham Road London SW England | View on map
1921 - 1938
Based also on correspondence in a private archive.
Address 1A Carlyle Studios 296 King's Road London England | View on map
1925
At 1A, 6A in electoral register for this year.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant was John William Drake
1939 (Circa)
Drake assisted Broadbent in carving 'Speed Wings over the World' for the main entrance to the Imperial Airways Empire Terminal, Buckingham Palace Road, London, opened in 1939 (now the National Audit Office).
Daughter/son/child of Abraham Broadbent
Sources
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
2008
Name: Eric R Broadbent
Regiment or Corps: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN336 RG78PN10 RD3 SD4 ED33 SN46
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Eric R Broadbent
Birth Date: abt 1896
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1965
Age at Death: 69
Registration district: Marlborough
Inferred County: Wiltshire
Volume: 7c
Page: 467
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Eric Raymond Broadbent
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 816
Lancashire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911
2012
Name: Eric Raymond Broadbent
Baptism Date: 8 Aug 1896
Parish: Morecambe, St Barnabas
Father: Abraham Broadbent
Mother: Sarah Ellen Broadbent
Reference Number: Pr 3270/1/1
Lancashire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911
2012
Name: Eric Raymond Broadbent
Baptism Date: 8 Aug 1896
Parish: Morecambe, St Barnabas
Father: Abraham Broadbent
Mother: Sarah Ellen Broadbent
Reference Number: Pr 3270/1/1
The London Gazette
22 January 1915, p. 706
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
Ancient Almshouses Of England: St. Cross Hospital. [includes picture of 'Speed in the Air'], The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 04, 1939; pg. 16; Issue 48245. (417 words) "Speed in the Air", The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Mar 08, 1939; pg. 9; Issue 48248. (322 words) (accessed 24 August 2012)
Citing this record
'Eric Raymond Broadbent', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1265145449, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
