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Corporal W J BEST

Service Number: 851
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KUT WAR CEMETERY

F. 12.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Herbert and Emma Louisa Best, of 7, Fairmont Terrace, North Rd., Sherborne.
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Buried or commemorated at

KUT WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 421
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