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Private Edward Edwin Besse

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Military service

Service number: 425525
Age: 26
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth: January 25, 1892 Bevervale, Illinois
Enlistment: October 1, 1915 Manitoba
Death: August 26, 1918

Burial/memorial information

ORANGE HILL CEMETERY- FRANCE
Grave reference: B. 3.
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Son of Mrs. Diana Besse of Eli, Manitoba.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 368 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORANGE HILL CEMETERY- FRANCE Pas de Calais, France

Orange Hill Cemetery lies due north of Tilloy les Mofflaines, a village in the Pas-de-Calais Department of France, and 3 kilometres south-east of Arras along the D939 road. From Tilloy les Mofflaines, take the D939 towards Cambrai until you come to a roundabout with a junction for the D37 towards Feuchy. Follow this road for 2 kilometres, then take a track to the east towards the cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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