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NAME:                      Best, Henry  (Harry on memorial)
RANK:                      Gunner
UNIT:                      Royal Garrison Artillery
BATTALION ETC:             213th Siege Battery
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         96796
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 25th September 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 35. His address in probate & pension card is West End Green, Stratfield Saye, Hants.
                           Son of George and Mary Best of Sherborne St. John, Basingstoke.
                           Husband of Elsie May Best of 17 Bucknell, Bicester, Oxon.
                           Born: Basingstoke, Hants. Enlisted: Camberwell, Surrey. Resided: Mortimer, Berks.