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Major EDWARD DOUGLAS REA

Service Number: 64505
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

14 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

II, E, 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Rea, M.A., and of Dora Rea, of Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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