BRETT, Raymond Robert Frank

Medjez el Bab Memorial, TunisiaCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Raymond was born 1923 in Newport to Edgar Robert & Edith Emma (nee SPANNER) BRETT of Parkhurst.

Raymond, aged 19, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 9th March 1943 in the fighting in Tunisia & is commemorated on Face 19 of the Medjez el Bab Memorial to The Missing with 1,955 & a further 2,910 of his Second World War comrades buried within the cemetery.

Raymond is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.