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Private CHARLES JAMES BEST

Service Number: 14720720
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

132 Coy.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XII. B. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sidney James Best and Elizabeth Elsie Best, of Blandford, Dorsetshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET IS THE MEMORY THAT WILL NOT FADE OF THE ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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