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Corporal WILLIAM JOHN DEARN

Service Number: 1875817
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

5 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MELCOMBE REGIS CEMETERY

Grave 12.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Jane C. Dearn, of Weymouth.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE DEAREST ONE OF THE BEST GOD TOOK HIM HOME WITH HIM TO REST
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Buried or commemorated at

MELCOMBE REGIS CEMETERY
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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