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Matthew Best

Details

Forename Matthew
Surname Best
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 30
Address 30 Leader Street, Wigan (Wife)
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Coal cutter at Grange Collieries Hindley
Regiment Border Regiment 7th Batt
Day of Death 23
Month of Death October
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action in France
Place of Burial New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium
Regiment Number 19236
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Husband of Elizabeth.

Ref; CWGC, Ancestry and WO 4/12/15