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Second Lieutenant GEORGE BENJAMIN PETERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME

IV. D. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Anne Elizabeth and the late Benjamin Peterson, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 498
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