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Private G BEESTONE

Service Number: 73693
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. A. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ann Beestone, 10, Middle Friarside, Burnopfield, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription NO MOTHER NEAR TO CLOSE HIS EYES FAR FROM HIS NATIVE LAND HE LIES
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Buried or commemorated at

VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1220
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