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Lance Corporal ROBERT SAMUEL BASNETT

Service Number: 33046
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY

V. C. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel J. and Mary Ann Basnett, of 38, Deacon St., Everton, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS HAVE PASSED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 760
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