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Military service
Service number:
406671
Age:
28
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
8th Field Coy.
Birth:
July 19, 1887
Cheltenham, England
Enlistment:
April 24, 1915
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
July 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 21.
Additional information
Son of Edwin and Grace Best, of Cheltenham, England.
Digital gallery of Corporal Archibald Frank Best
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Archibald Frank Best
Digital gallery of
Corporal Archibald Frank Best
Digital gallery of
Corporal Archibald Frank Best
Digital gallery of
Corporal Archibald Frank Best
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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