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Lieutenant RUPERT EDWARD GASCOYNE-CECIL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

I. A. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rt. Rev. Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, and Lady Florence Cecil. His brothers John Arthur and Randle William also fell.
  • Personal Inscription I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND IN THE LIFE TO COME
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Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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