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Rifleman J BEST

Service Number: 303566
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. F. 36.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Best; husband of Ethel Best, of 2, Fernleigh Terrace, Nanpean, St. Austell, Cornwall.
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Buried or commemorated at

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Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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