PRIVATE ALFRED BRITTEN
LONDON REGIMENT ROYAL FUSILIERS
16TH SEPTEMBER 1917 AGE 37
BURIED: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE
An article in The Observer about soldiers' wills on 26 October 2014 confirms what a study of headstone inscriptions already reveals, that many soldiers had a special relationship with their mother, one that they were very happy to acknowledge.