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Sapper JOHN BLEARS

Service Number: 289531
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Railway Troops Depot

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

V. 15.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ann Elizabeth Blears, of 16, Plank Lane, Leigh, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY CLINGS TO THOSE WE LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 2540
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