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Private R BESTFORD

Service Number: 16740
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. E. 51.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Mr. W. Bestford, of Iron St., Cassop Colliery, Coxhoe, Co. Durham.
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Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 768
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