BRENT, DOUGLAS LESLIE, Private, No. 305580, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Henry Thomas Brent, of Victoria Road, Mortlake, by his wife, Sarah Kate; b. Mortlake, co. Surrey, 1 March, 1892; educ. National School there; was in the employ of the London and South Western Railway Company; was a member of the 8th Battn. The Surrey Volunteers, in which he served as Bugler; joined the London Rifle Brigade 12 April, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Aug., and died at No. 29 Casualty Clearing Station 3 June, 1918, of wounds received in action at the Somme the same day. Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, one and a half miles south-west of Doullens; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 4