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Private WILLIAM STEWART BECHER

Service Number: 2116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. H. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary and the late Michael Becher, of Ardralla Newcourt, Skibbereen, Co. Cork; husband of Annie Becher, of Randalstown, Co. Antrim. B.A.I. of Trinity College, Dublin, and M.Inst. C.E.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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