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 NAME:                      Bessant, Walter Frederick
 RANK:                      Rifleman
 UNIT:                      Rifle Brigade
 BATTALION ETC:             9th Brigade
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         S/13026
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 25th September 1915
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 21. Enlisted 9th June 1915.
                            Son of Tom Edward and Mary Bessant of 18 Doncaster Rd., Eastleigh, Hants.
                            Later mother deceased (1949), father living c/o Repatriation Commission, Melbourne, Australia.
                            His brother Archibald also died but not commemorated on a Hampshire memorial.
                            Born & Enlisted: Southampton. Resided: Eastleigh.