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Individual Record
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Also of
C.S.M. Aaron Letton
1st S.W.B. their son
Killed in action at
Passchendaele Ridge
10th Nov 1917, Aged 32 years
Duty nobly done
Place of Inscription
Brecon Cemetery
Brecknockshire
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Aaron
Letton
1885
Watton, Brecon, Brecknockshire
10th November 1917
Killed in action during the events of the attack from Irish Farm towards Valour Farm on Passchendaele Ridge; got caught in their own barrage, got heavily encircled by the Germans on three sides - casualties were extremely heavy, 10 officers and over 500 other ranks killed or wounded including Aaron
32
Tyne Cot Memorial, Flanders, Belgium
First World War
Company Sergeant Major
1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
A Company
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Percy Alexander
Coombe
1st/1st Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers
