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Lieutenant CECIL VINCENT COSTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

17th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAIFA WAR CEMETERY

A. 45.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Vincent A. and Caroline Coster, of 98, Hastings Rd., Maidstone. Born at Bethnal Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription AN ONLY SON NEVER FORGOTTEN BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

HAIFA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 343
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