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Military service
Service number:
216116
Age:
45
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
February 6, 1872
Huron County, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 10, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. J. 27.
Additional information
Son of William and Maria Morrisson Best; husband of Ida S. Lowes (formerly Best).
Digital gallery of Private Henry Watson Best
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bernard to Binyon. Mircoform Sequence 9; Volume Number 31829_B016719; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 153 Page 229 of 652 -
Coupure de presse
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Henry Watson Best
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Watson Best
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Watson Best
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 200 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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