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Lance Corporal JOHN THOMAS BRETT

Service Number: 19122
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

22nd Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. C. 24.

France

Cleaned and area tidied.

Photographer: John Rennie

Stone is clean and in good condition

Photographer: John Rennie

Headstone clean and tidy.

Photographer: John Rennie

Stone is clean and in good condition , area to be tidied up when ground is dryer.

Photographer: John Rennie

Headstone clean and tidy. Both on same headstone.

Photographer: John Rennie

Stone is clean and in good condition , area to be tidied up when ground is dryer.

Photographer: John Rennie

Stone and area cleaned and tidied.

Photographer: John Rennie

Stone is clean and in good condition

Photographer: John Rennie

Stone and area cleaned and tidied.

Photographer: John Rennie

Cleaned and tidied,

Photographer: John Rennie

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Brett, of West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription WE FEEBLY STRUGGLE THEY IN GLORY SHINE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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