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Regiment/Corps/Service: Tank Corps

 

Divisional Sign/Service Insignia: not applicable

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• Surname: BRASSINGTON
• Forename(s): William Henry
• Place of Birth: Giggleswick, Yorkshire
• Residence: unknown
• Service No: -----
• Rank: T/Lieutenant
• Regiment/Corps/Service: Tank Corps
• Battalion/Unit: 7th Battalion
• Division: not applicable
• Age: 26
• Date of Death: 1918-08-25
• Awards: M.M.
• CWGC Grave/Mem Ref: III. F. 23.
• CWGC Cemetery: ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
• CWGC Memorial: -----
• Non-CWGC Burial: -----
• Comments:
  • He won his M.M when he was serving in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
    
  
  
  
• Craven's Part in the Great War Entry:
  LIEUT. W. H. BRASSINGTON, M.M., Tank Corps, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brassington, Ribble View, Settle, killed in action near Bapaume on August 23rd, 1918.
  
• West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record Entry:
  BRASSINGTON, Lieutenant, Tank Corps, Ribble View, killed in action Aug. 25, 1918.