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Company Serjeant Major E BECKHURST

Service Number: 5608
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. K. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sam and Emma Beckhurst, of 17, Denmark St., Leicester.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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