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Second Lieutenant WILFRED ROBERT BEST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FIENVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

C. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Best, of 16, Leopold Terrace, Chapeltown Rd., Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription A TREASURED MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

FIENVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 124
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