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NAME: Brett, Alfred Robert

RANK: Acting Corporal

UNIT: Lincolnshire Regiment

BATTALION ETC: 1st Battalion

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 9488

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 13th November 1914

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

OTHER INFORMATION: DCM; MID. DCM London Gazette 6th November 1914, MID London Gazette 20th October 1914. Son of Adeline Brett of 42 Furntington Road, North End, Portsmouth, later Merric Mead, Ackenden Road, Alton, Hants, then 113 Royal Military Avenue, Shorncliffe, Cheriton, Folkstone, Kent. On MIC address is Homestead, Ardingly, Sussex. Born: Portsea, Portsmouth. Enlisted: Portsmouth.