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Private HAROLD FREDERICK BRITLAND

Service Number: 14660191
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

13th (2/4th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

V. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jean Britland, of Cromford, Matlock, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE GOLDEN GATES WERE OPEN A GENTLE VOICE SAID COME AND WITH FAREWELL UNSPOKEN HE CALMLY ENTERED HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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