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Private JOHN BEST

Service Number: 1720771
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XVII, K, 9.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Alice Best; husband of Ada May Best, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALTHOUGH HIS GRAVE IS FAR AWAY HE IS IN OUR MEMORIES EVERY DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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