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Richard Browitt

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Forename Richard
Surname Browitt
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 42
Address 23 Unsworth Street Bolton (formerly of Belle Green Lane, Ince, and Wigan Lane)
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Corporal
Occupation or place of work Steel breaker
Regiment 1st East Lancashire Section of the 29th Division
Day of Death 21
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed at the Dardanelles
Place of Burial Helles Memorial
Regiment Number 4738
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Been in army for 9 years.
Born in Bolton
Husband of Margaret

Ref; CWGC, Ancestry, WO 18/9/15