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Private GEOFFREY BERESFORD

Service Number: 4539306
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

Plot 15. Row E. Grave 22.

France

Photos taken in cemeteries in France by Director of Technical Services - March 2011 (Note: many of the headstones in this set were photographed by DTS to show the extent to which their condition had deteriorated, where this is apparent an appropriate keyword has been added).

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Otto and Agnes Bereford, of Bootham, York.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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