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| George Arthur Brett
was the son of Mrs J Bone of Furness Farm Margaretting. He enlisted in the
Royal Fusiliers and was a private in the 10th Battalion, G/66144. He died 20th
November 1917 aged 20 and is buried in Kein Vierstraat British Cemetery in
grave I.G.15. |
| The village of Kemmel
and the adjoining hill, Mont Kemmel, were the scene of fierce fighting in the
latter half of April 1918, in which both Commonwealth and French forces were
engaged. The cemetery was begun in January 1917 and Plots I to III were made by
field ambulances and fighting units before the middle of January 1918. |
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