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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

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DE-L'ARCHE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • 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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