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Lieutenant SIMEON IRA BESEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.

22nd Armd. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Oscar and Elizabeth Besen; husband of Irene M. Besen, of Merstham, Surrey, England.
  • Personal Inscription SOFTLY HE WHISPERS "SMILE, MY OWN DEAR ONES NOTHING CAN OUR LOVE DESTROY" NINNY AND MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1119
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