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Private S BEES

Service Number: 5901
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bees, of Pentre, Ystrad (Rhondda), Glam.; husband of Ruth Leigh (formerly Bees), of New Rd., Ynysmudw, Swansea, Glam.
  • Personal Inscription A TRUE HERO HE LIVED AND DIED BUT TO US HIS RETURN WAS DENIED
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