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Pte. Robert Tennant Best
British Army 9th Btn Cheshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.20th Sept 1917)
Robert Tennant Best died on 20th September 1917 aged 37 whilst serving with the 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.
Son of the late Thomas and Jane Tennant Best of Jarrow (native of Scotland) he was born in Jarrow and enlisted Northwich Cheshire. On the 1911 census he is recorded as Robert Tennant Best age 29 Traveller for a Chemical Manufacturer is lodging at Dudley Arms Hotel, Dudley.
Robert is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.