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Corporal DOUGLAS JOHN BEST

Service Number: 811951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 5.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ivy Best; husband of Jeanne Ivy Best, of Felixstowe, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription TO YOUR EVER PRECIOUS MEMORY DARLING. JEANNE
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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