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Private GEORGE BEST

Service Number: 2883741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SIDON WAR CEMETERY

3. F. 1.

Lebanese Republic

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 11 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Matilda Best, of Walthamstow, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SIDON WAR CEMETERY
Lebanese Republic
Number of casualties: 185
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