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Second Lieutenant ERNEST HUGH WILLIAM BRETT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

9th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

II. D. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lancelot Ernest Brett, of 11, Broad Green Avenue, West Croydon, Surrey. Born at Hong Kong, China.
  • Personal Inscription FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 549
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