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Gunner ALFRED GEORGE BEST

Service Number: 1455066
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

54 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 13.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur George and Nellie Elizabeth Best, of Clapham, London.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE SWEET THOUGHTS EVER LINGER WHERE THOU ART LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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