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Bombardier BEDFORD COOMBES

Service Number: 71755
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

121st Bty., 27th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CANADIAN CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

2. B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emma Coombes, of 7, Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

CANADIAN CEMETERY NO.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2966
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