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NAME: Britten, Gilbert Sidney

RANK: Private

UNIT: Cheshire Regiment (formerly 162940 Royal Field Artillery)

BATTALION ETC: 15th Battalion

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 60302

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Died of wounds 19th April 1918 at 56th Casuality Clearing Station

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France

OTHER INFORMATION: Age 22. Son of Sidney and Bessie Caroline Britten of Penryn, Leigh, Wimborne, Dorset (CWGC). On pension card address is Morley Cottage, Ringwood Road, Ferndown Road, Dorset as well as above. In 1911 family living at Green Bank Farm, Damerham, Hants, & in 1901 living East End, South Damerham. Born & enlisted: Fordingbridge.