Gunner WILLIAM REA
Service Number: 1476657
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Artillery
23 Bty., 8 A.A. Regt.
Date of Death
Died 09 June 1940
Age 22 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Patrick Rea, and of Ellen Rea, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Personal Inscription DEAR SON, YOU SLEEP WITH THE BRAVE WHERE NO TEARS OF MOTHER CAN DROP ON YOUR GRAVE
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