BORN BEVERLEY, 19/10/1880. 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.
HE MARRIED CHRISTINA HOOD BOYD (1889-1965) on 7 Apr 1908 • Vigeons, Drift, South Africa. THEY HAD TWO SONS. HIS WIFE WAS DAUGHTER OF A SOLDIER, AND BORN IN HONG KONG.
HE SERVED Sergeant, 641, 1st Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Imtarfa Barracks, Malta (1911 CENSUS). COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, 7TH BORDER REGIMENT, KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 37.
HIS BROTHER, SAPPER, ARTHUR EDMUND BRETT, 45TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, DIED AT GIBRALTA MILITARY HOSPITAL, ON 18/05/1916, AGED 38.
First name:
ERNEST EDWARD
Military Number:
641
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Date Died
23/04/1917
Age:
37
96, STEYNBURG STREET, HULL
