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Pte. Frederick William Britton
British Army 8th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Terrington St John, Norfolk
(d.21st March 1918)
Frederick Britton joined the 3rd Battalion the Norfolk Regiment in 1898 when he was 18 and served in South Africa during the Boer War leaving the Army in 1904 to marry and start a family.
He re-enlisted in the same regiment on 7th of July 1915. On 9th of November 1915 Frederick was transferred to the 10th Battalion, Border Regiment and then further transferred to the 8th Battalion in France on 30th of December 1915. He remained in France with the Battalion until his death on 21st of March 1918.