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Second Lieutenant B G H MACLEAR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

II. Z. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the late Rev. Canon G. F. Maclear, D.D. (Warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, Kent). Left his farm in Cape Province, South Africa (where he had been since 1904), Aug., 1915 to serve.
  • Personal Inscription CAME HOME TO SERVE IN AUGUST 1915 FROM HIS FARM IN CAPE PROVINCE
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