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Sapper JOHN LEAR

Service Number: 2161969
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1019 Port Maint. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

XIV. F. 37.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Joyce Lear, of Fishponds, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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