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Private WALTER BEESLEY

Service Number: 6706
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. J. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Edward Whitaker Beesley and Elizabeth Mary Beesley, of Greenfield, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription A PURE LIFE NOBLY SACRIFICED
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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