BORN BEVERLEY 22/01/1879. SON OF THOMAS BRETT (1844-1914) & JANE FROST (1852-1938), OF 96, STEYNBURG STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS RETIRED SOLDIER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER (1911 CENSUS). HE WAS SERVING IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS WHEN WAR BEGAN.
DIED AT GIBRALTA MILITARY HOSPITAL, ON 18/05/1916, AGED 38. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, JANE AND SIBLINGS, REGINALD, MURIAL, ANNIE AND FRANCES. HE ALSO LEFT £348 IN HIS WILL, TO HIS MOTHER AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HIS BROTHER, SECOND LIUTENANT, ERNEST EDWARD BRETT, 7TH BORDER REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 37.
First name:
ARTHUR EDMUND
Regiment:
Military Number:
3667
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
18/05/1916
Place died:
Gibralta, North Front Cemetery
Age:
38
