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Corporal HARRY BESSANT

Service Number: 10592
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. D. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Rose Bessant, of Ryde, Isle of Wight.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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