History while in the forces
Sep 1914: joined Royal Army Medical Corps. Stationed at Aldershot for some months and then at EastbourneApr 1915: obtained his Commission in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Remained with his Regiment at Wareham, Dorset for fifteen months.
01 Jul 1916: proceeded to France
01 Aug 1916: wounded in head by sniper
02 Aug 1916: died from wounds
- Surname
- Brett
- Forename
- Ernest Hugh William
- Rating or rank
- 2nd Lieutenant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- Branch
- New Cross, London
- Date of Birth
- 1896
- Date of birth
- 1896
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- Jun 1913
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 01 Sep 1914
