Sapper JOHN LEAR
Service Number: 2161969
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
1019 Port Maint. Coy.
Date of Death
Died 09 April 1945
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Arthur and Joyce Lear, of Fishponds, Gloucestershire.
- Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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