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Private FRANCIS WILLIAM BEST

Service Number: 4462975
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 January 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 18.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Jane Best, of Hexham, Northumberland; husband of Florence M. Best (nee Harbottle).
  • Personal Inscription THE SACRIFICE WAS GREAT, HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 222
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