BRIERLY, DENNIS ARTHUR
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08/11/1944
Born 1918
Leicestershire Regiment 1st Bn.
II. A. 19.
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Dennis was born in 1918, Leicester, U.K. He married Dorothy Olive Thompson in 1943. His older brother, John H. Brierly is killed in action, May 5th 1944. He is commemorated in Burma.
Dennis Arthur Brierly Was killed when his vehicle hit a mine in the village of Gastel (near Budel). Another crewmember (Waterhouse) is also buried at the Valkenswaard War Cemetery.
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Dutch newpaper clipping, about the visit of Dennis his wife and decendents coming to Holland.
