Joseph William Bryan
View Joseph William on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
11669
Rank:
Private
Service:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Origin:
Date of birth:
1894
Date of death:
10 March 1915
Age at Death:
21
Known information
Private Joseph Bryan was born in Exton, the son of George and Harriet Bryan. He was brought up with his four sisters at 71, Stamford End in Exton. Joseph became a railway porter but enlisted in the Army just before the war began, in July 1914. He joined the Rifle Brigade and went out to France in August 1914. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, becoming the first man from Exton to die in the war. He has no known grave, and is remembered on Panel 32 of Le Touret Memorial in France, and the war memorial at the church in Exton. Around the time of Joseph's death the family moved to the Bradford area. Joseph was related to Alfred Hibbitt of Hambleton who also died in the war.
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Joseph was the only son of George and Harriet Bryan who also had 4 daughters.They moved to Bradford, Yorkshire after his death.
By Dadobungo on Saturday 25th October '14 at 6:55pm
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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