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Albert John Besley

Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1 Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1
Rank Ship's Cook
Unit S.S. "Heatherside" (Newcastle)
Regiment Mercantile Marine
Died 24-08-1917, age 51
Cause of death Presumed drowned
Notes Son of the late Frederick and Sarah Besley. Born at Bedminster, Bristol.
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