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Wars Last Goodbyes
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In proud memory of
Major Basil F. Nell, Royal Engineers
Who died at Cairo on Dec 22 1918
Ageed 37 years
After nearly four years service
In the Great War
"Faithful unto death"
Place of Inscription
All Saints Longhope
Gloucestershire
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Basil Frank
Nell
1881
Wenvoe, Glamorgan
22nd December 1918
Died from pneumonia in Cairo, Egypt
37
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
First World War
Major
519th Field Company Royal Engineers
Mentioned in Despatches
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