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Private WILLIE FREDERICK BEST

Service Number: 11454
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

A. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. P. H. and Mrs. M. A. Best, of 47, Grove Avenue, Hanwell, London. Native of Ealing.
  • Personal Inscription UNDYING DOST THOU LIVE WITHIN OUR HEARTS MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 163
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