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Private A BESANT

Service Number: 8027
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 November 1914

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

I. G. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Mr. W. J. Besant, of 83, Pound St., Warminster, Wilts.
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1523
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