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Lance Corporal WILLIAM THOMAS BESTFORD

Service Number: 1242
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st/2nd (Northumbrian) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

II. F. 47.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Eliaabeth Ann Bestford, of 38, Snowball Terrace, Gateshead.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF 38597 CORPORAL ROBERT BESTFORD DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY KILLED 1.12.17. AGE 28
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