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Captain BASIL BICKERSTAFF FRENCH

Service Number: 160537
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

11. C. 6.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sidney and Edith French; husband of Daphne French, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription WENT THE DAY WELL? HE DIED AND NEVER KNEW, BUT WELL OR ILL, FREEDOM, HE DIED FOR YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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