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Private JOHN BEESLEY

Service Number: 24741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

13th Hussars

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XV. M. 2.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Henry and Alice Beesley. Born at Darwen, Lancs.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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