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Private BASIL WILLIAM SWEET

Service Number: 41741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Norfolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS

II. E. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Kate Florence Miller (formerly Sweet), of 1, Millman Place, Bedford Row, Holborn, London, and the late John Goodall Sweet.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 748
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