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Second Lieutenant JAMES HENRY BEST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

96th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 12.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Best, of Jerrettspass, Newry, Co. Armagh.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 671
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