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Gunner GEORGE BECKETT

Service Number: 93597
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 87th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

IV. A. 5.

France

Headstone CH

Photographer: Henrietta Smethurst

Headstone CH

Photographer: Henrietta Smethurst

General picture showing significant black marking remaining after cleaning

Photographer: Ian Tolfts

General picture

Photographer: Ian Tolfts

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Beckett, of 33, Newcastle St., Silverdale, Staffs.
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Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 755
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