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Private PERCY JAMES BRITTAIN

Service Number: 5286
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

1st/24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

6.F.22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis William and Sarah Ann Brittain, of 'Kempston', Jotmans Lane, South Benfleet, Essex.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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