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Lieutenant JOHN BECKE

Service Number: 245318
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th (The Queen's Westminsters) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

V. B. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Sir Jack Becke, C.B.E., and of Lady Becke (nee Jones), of Over Tabley, Cheshire. His brother Michael also fell.
  • Personal Inscription SO HE PASSED OVER, AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE
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