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Private PETER BEST

Service Number: 14408961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

19. B. 13.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Horace Charles and Elsie Emily Ellen Best. of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription NO MORNING DAWNS NO NIGHT RETURNS BUT WHAT WE THINK OF YOU. MUM, DAD, BROTHERS

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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1773
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