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Sidney Ernest S E Beckett, Guardsman served with Irish Guards, 2nd Bn..
Service number: '2721400'. Date of death: 1944-07-18. Age: 24. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference III. J. 8..
SON OF JOSEPH AND FLORENCE BECKETT, OF STEEPLE CLAYDON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
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