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This man was my great uncle he is listed on the Menin gate memorial as a man without a grave his niece, my aunt is still alive. He never lived to see a free Ireland and he has never been found so has no grave. |
Patrick never died in the war he was discharged in 1919. I am the granddaughter of Willy and John's sister Elizabeth also known as Eliza or Betty. Elizabeth was born in 1904 and in 1911 she was living with her aunt Rosanna Best who was married to a man called John Maloney. Patrick's wife died around about 1904 after their daughter Elizabeth (my grandmother) was born she can be found in the Irish census in 1911 under the name Eliza Best. Living with Rosanna Maloney nee Best also living in the house at the time was Patrick's brother Dennis Best. I hope you get this message as I have other facts I can tell you, about John and the rest of the family.Johanna Anderson
John Best was my great uncle his sister was my grandmother. John was a bit of a scallywag before joining the army. His father joined the army in 1917 at the age of 50, he joined as a Pioneer. I have just also found out that his youngest son William also later joined the army and thankfully both his father and his brother survived the war.Johanna Anderson
This man was my grandmother’s brother. His father Patrick Best who was in the Road building section of the Pioneers of the Royal Engineers survived the Great War. But died from TB in 1921. Patrick was my maternal great grandfather and John was my grand uncle he was 17 when he died.Johanna Anderson
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