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Company Serjeant Major ALEX BESSANT

Service Number: 11614
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

"B" Coy. 6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

P. III. H. 10B.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Eleanor Lavinia Bessant, of 92, Olympia Cottages, Barlby Rd., Selby, Yorks. Native of St. George'S, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE THAT DIED FOR THOSE HE LOVED
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