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Serjeant JOHN WILLIAM LEAR

Service Number: 23117
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEEK CEMETERY

4099.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly (55914) Royal Field Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late William and Prudence Lear, of Burslem; husband of Rosina Maud Lear, of 31, Sandon Rd., Leek,.
  • Personal Inscription THO' DEATH DIVIDES LOVE STILL REMAINS FOR MEMORY LINGERS EVER
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