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Private SIDNEY BEST

Service Number: 1785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. B. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew and Mary Best, of Welbury, Northallerton. Joined the Territorial Force in 1913.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF MATTHEW AND MARY BEST BORN AT WELBURY 1895 LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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