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Rifleman GEORGE FREDERICK BASHFORD

Service Number: 5240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row K. Grave 3.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (Served as ASHBY). Son of John William and Jane Bashford, of 99, Woodland Road, Upper Norwood, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 410
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