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Corporal J W REAY

Service Number: 50063
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

61st Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

E. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and M. Reay, of 18, Eleanor St., South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE SOUTH SHIELDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 136
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