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Private ARCHIBALD DEE DEAR

Service Number: 240454
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 13.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christopher and Florence Dear, of Coat, Martock, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription REST WELL BRAVE HEART UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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