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Private OTTO LOUIS SCHERF

Service Number: 271011
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY

M. 11.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Otto and Ellen Scherf, of Hastings; husband of Ellen Scherf, of 11, Melville Rd., Maidstone. Kent.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS NEVER FORGOTTEN BY HIS LOVING WIFE & MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 1239
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