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Company Serjeant Major JOSEPH SYDNEY FAIRBRASS

Service Number: 9189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

C. 66.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Mary Fairbrass, of 23, Tintern Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, and the late Arthur Fairbrass. Also served on Gallipoli. One of six brothers who served; three of whom fell.
  • Personal Inscription FAREWELL BELOVED THY DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 428
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