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Private R E BEST

Service Number: 14216731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

IV, A, 17.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Edward and Dorothy May Best, of Warlingham, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGHTS GO BACK TO HAPPY DAYS LIFE GOES ON, MEMORY STAYS. LOVE. MUM AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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