Profile: Joseph Pattinson Best

Private Joseph Pattinson Best (No: 446 (250010))


Date of Birth: Tuesday, October 18, 1887

Place of Birth: Stanhope

Hamlet:

Village: Stanhope

Parish: Stanhope

Enlisted: Tuesday, July 07, 1908, Rippon (aged 20)

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion: 6th Battalion

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Son of John Best of Crosshill, Stanhope


Notes

Occupation at Enlisting - Quarryman with Bell Brothers - Continually in D.L.I.from 1908-1919. Wounded 24/4/1915 (Gunshot wound to Left Hand)