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Private WILFRED GEARY

Service Number: 3452467
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

B Coy., 16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY

VI, D, 17.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ralph Teasdale Geary and of Margaret Geary, of Seaham, Co. Durham; husband of Irene Geary, of Seaham.
  • Personal Inscription ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE YOU ARE LAID BUT MEMORIES OF YOU WILL NEVER FADE

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Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 738
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