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Lance Corporal WILLIAM MARSHALL BRITTAIN

Service Number: 13984
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Betsy Brittain, of 14, Carrick St., Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 337
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