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Born | Smethwick, Staffordshire England, United Kingdom | 8 December 1915
Died | 6 June 1944 near Ranville, France | (aged 28)
Buried | Ranville Churchyard[1] |
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Years of service | 1942–1944 † |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Service number | 237676 |
Unit | Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Mentioned in dispatches |
Lieutenant Herbert Denham Brotheridge (8 December 1915 – 6 June 1944) was a British Army officer who served with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd) during the Second World War. He is often considered to be the first Allied soldier to be killed in action on D-Day, 6 June 1944.[2] He was killed during Operation Tonga: the British airborne landings which secured the left flank of the invasion area before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began.