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Private WILLIAM DEAR

Service Number: 80235
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES CHURCHYARD

A. 3.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Jane Dear, of 32, Green Lane, Seaforth, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription DEARER TO MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES CHURCHYARD
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 10
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