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Chief Petty Officer WALTER BEST

Service Number: P/232311
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Vernon

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1941

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOGNOR REGIS CEMETERY

Sec. A Cons. New grave 584.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Personal Inscription DEVOTED AND LOVING MEMORIES OF WALTER. HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF
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Buried or commemorated at

BOGNOR REGIS CEMETERY
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 52
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