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Joseph Britten
British Army 5th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Hucknall, Notts
(d.30th May 1940)
Joe Britten survived the fighting in Oudenaarde, Belgium and made it to Dunkirk. He and a colleague were sent on a recce to east Dunkirk in a vehicle but were hit by a German shell and killed, Joe is buried at Coxyde cemetery.