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Rifleman H E BEESLEY

Service Number: S/2087
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

C. 33.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary A. Beesley, of 36, Guild St., Stratford-on-Avon.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR LAD AND TAKE THY REST WE MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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