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Private JOHN WILLIAM REAY

Service Number: 79553
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

9th Bn

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

E.18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas William and Margaret Ann Reay, of 119, Cross Row, Addison Colliery, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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