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Inscription
Also (Ben)
Bertie Hubert Addicott
R.G.A.
Son of the above
Who fell in action at Ypres
Septr 15th 1917 Aged 24 years
"Fight the good fight"
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Milton Cemetery Weston-super-Mare
North Somerset
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Bertie Hubert
Addicott
1893
Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
15th September 1917
Killed by shellfire when at his gun near Ypres, Belgium
24
The Huts Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
First World War
Gunner
120th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
Known as Ben. Was discharged by the SLI in 1915 for misconduct but then re-enlisted in 1916. The gravestone has fallen flat.
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