Name
Reginald Brittain
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/09/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
733547
London Regiment *1
24th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
R. II. V. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Hertford son of Charles and Clara Brittain and living in 27 Raynham Street, Hertford in 1911 and later at 5 Ware Road, Hertford. He was a factory hand.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford on 9 Sep 1914 formerly 265783 Private 1st Hertfordshire Regiment, entered France on 23 Jan 1915 and served three periods in France despite being wounded on 31 Jul 1917.
He passed through several regiments until he ended up in the 24th London on 25 Aug 1918 and died of wounds received on 3 Sep 1918 in the 5th General Hospital in Rouen.
Additional Information
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (The Queens's).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
