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Rifleman DEREK BEST

Service Number: 7020131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn. The London Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 02 December 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY

VIII. B. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Best and of Margaret Best (nee Nelson), of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.; husband of Georgina Best (nee Dodds), of Lisburn.
  • Personal Inscription HIS PRESENCE WE MISS, HIS MEMORY WE CHERISH
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