Den Brotheridge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British Army officer
Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1915
Place of Birth: Smethwick, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Jun-1944
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Den Brotheridge
- 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.
- 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.
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