Edward Brittain

Edward Brittain

Birth nameEdward Harold Brittain
Born(1895-11-30)30 November 1895
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Died15 June 1918(1918-06-15) (aged 22)
Piave River, Asiago, Italy
Buried
Granezza British Cemetery, Italy
45°48′28″N 11°31′54″E / 45.80775°N 11.53167°E / 45.80775; 11.53167
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankCaptain
UnitSherwood Foresters
Battles / warsFirst World War

Edward Harold Brittain, MC (30 November 1895 – 15 June 1918) was a British Army officer who was killed in the First World War; he was immortalised by his sister Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth.