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Second Lieutenant D K BEST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

22nd Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. H. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 6th Bn. Essex Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Eliza Best, of 38, Cleveland Rd., South Woodford, London. Joined London Rifle Brigade as Pte. before the war, served in Egypt, France and Dardanelles. Native of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription CHEERFULLY DID HIS DUTY
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