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{{Personnel
|id=2195
|Surname and forenames=Bestford William
|Army number=4456728
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1919/20.
|Age=20
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted ? 6th Bn DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939. Served BEF.  Posted Missing 10/5 to 20/6/1940, Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry in the battles at Mercatel and Ficheux.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of William and Mary C Bestford, Spennymoor.  Buried Plot 8. Row I. Grave 11. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
|Image Title=Pte William Bestford
|Image Name=Pte_Wm_BESTFORD.JPG
|Source table=10DLI
}}

Mentioned as a friend by Mr Tommy Bamforth on 13/9/2014.

Thanks are due to Pte Bestford's family for the additional family information, and for the photograph of his headstone.