Soldier

• Name: William Henry Brittain
• Date of birth: 1898
• Place of Birth: Pointon, Lincolnshire, England
• Date of Birth Registration: April – June 1898
• Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

• Name: William Brittain
• DOB: 1857
• Place of Birth: Pointon, Lincolnshire, England
• Occupation: Traction Engine Driver

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

• Caroline Brittain, 1887, Pointon
• Fanny Brittain, 1888, Pointon
• Mary Brittain, 1889, Pointon
• Emily Brittain, 1891, Pointon
• Edwin Brittain, 1892, Pointon
• Annie Eliza Brittain, 1894, Pointon
• May Brittain, 1896. Pointon
• William Henry Brittain, 1898, Pointon
• Kathleen Brittain, 1899, Pointon
• Ivy Brittain, 1901, Pointon
• Frank Brittain, 1902, Pointon
• Bert Brittain, 1904, Pointon
• John Brittain, 1906, Pointon
• Tom Brittain, 1909, Pointon
• Plus 1 more which name are unknown taken from the 1911 census

Census

• 1901: William is living with his parents at 1 Brittains Lane, Pointon, Lincolnshire.
• 1911: William is living with his parents in Pointon, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 12 and he is listed as been at school.

Attestation Papers

• None found

Soldier’s Died In The Great War

• These records show that Private William Henry Brittain 201670 4th Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on 8th June 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

Pension Records

• Available

Effects Left To

• Sister Ivy

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials