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Sapper T BEST

Service Number: 2422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd (West Riding) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

III. H. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Hannah Best, of Marton, Sinnington, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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