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Lance Corporal WILLIAM LEAR

Service Number: 56106
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

I. D. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Annie Lear, of Edensor, Longton; husband of Alice Lear, of 20, James St., Longton, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED A TRUE BRITON.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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