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Lieutenant MICHAEL BECKE

Service Number: 296736
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

V. E. 5.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn. Rifle Brigade
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Sir Jack Becke, Kt., C.B.E., and Lady Becke (nee Jones), of Over Tabley, Cheshire. Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford; 2nd Class Honours in History. His brother John also fell.
  • Personal Inscription AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE
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