BRITTAN

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Henry and Jane Brittan	Yes			4, 8
Where born	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire		Yes
When born	About 1887				7
Address	Self: 9, John Street, Uttoxeter			Yes
	Parents: Uttoxeter, Staffordshire	Yes			8
	Parents: Balance Street, Uttoxeter			5a, 5c	4
	Self: Stafford, Staffordshire				4
Spouse	Eliza A. Brittan, of 9, John St., Ettingshall, Wolverhampton.	Yes			4, 8
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Leighton Ironworks and then as a joiner with Mr. T. Ward. At the time of his enlistment he was employed by Sir John Jackson, contractor.			5a	4
Where enlisted	Stafford		Yes
Regiment	Royal Garrison Artillery	Yes	Yes	5a, 5d, 5e	2, 4, 8
Unit	140th Siege Bty.	Yes			4, 8
Rank	Corporal	Yes	Yes	5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e	2, 4, 8
Service Number	SR-8028				2
Service Number	8028	Yes	Yes		4, 8
Former Service	283028, R. G. A.				2
Date of Death	8 April 1917	Yes	Yes	5d, 5e	4, 8
Age at time of death	30	Yes		5a	8
Where Killed or died	Somme - Beugny			5d, 5e
How he died	Killed in action		Yes		4
How he died	Shellfire			5a	4
Location of Grave or Memorial	Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Grave IV. K. 9.	Yes
	Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Grave 1.C.6.				8
	A.O. of F, Rugely District at Cannock ?? (we don’t know what this means!)				4
	Uttoxeter Town War Memorial				4
Awards	Victory Medal RGA/257B Page 13794				2
Awards	British Medal RGA/257B Page 13794				2

Before the war Edward worked at the Leighton Ironworks^{4, 5a} and then as a joiner with Mr. T. Ward in Uttoxeter^{4, 5a}. we would love to know whether or not any examples of his work exist today?

At the time of his enlistment he was employed by Sir John Jackson, contractor at Uttoxeter^{4,
5a}.

Edward was killed by shell-fire in France^{4, 5a} on Easter Sunday night^5a, and on the next day he was buried in a village 2 miles behind the position that his battery had occupied^5a.

A sad feature of his death is the fact that he was expected to come home almost immediately for the purpose of taking a commission^5a.

The Uttoxeter Advertiser published an extract from a letter^5a which Major A.J.C. Smythe wrote to his wife saying,

"He could not have suffered at all, as his death was so sudden. The officers and men of the battery feel the deepest sympathy with you in your sad bereavement. Your husband was very popular with us, and has worked splendidly ever since he came to the battery. A cross will be put over his grave".

Edward is buried in Grave IV. K. 9. in Achiet Le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension. In this picture his grave is slightly behind and to the left of the cross of sacrifice.