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Lance Corporal WILLIAM BEST

Service Number: 5045
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

I. B. 13.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Best, of 3, Kiatta Villas, Vicarage Farm Rd., Hounslow, Middx.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S SWEETEST GIFT IS MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 530
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