THY WILL BE DONE
ONE WHO LOVED HIS MOTHER
AND HIS MOTHER LOVED HIM

PRIVATE ALFRED BRITTEN

LONDON REGIMENT ROYAL FUSILIERS

16TH SEPTEMBER 1917 AGE 37

BURIED: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE


An article in The Observer about soldiers' wills on 26 October 2014 confirms what a study of headstone inscriptions already reveals, that many soldiers had a special relationship with their mother, one that they were very happy to acknowledge.