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Lance Corporal WILLIAM THOMAS GEAR

Service Number: 10949
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Robert and Julia Gear, of North Lambeth, London.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FROM LOVING FATHER & MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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