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Private WILLIAM J. REA

Service Number: 39590
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

VI. G. 53.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of F. and A. Rea, of Kempsey, Worcs; husband of F. E. Rea, of 87, St. Dunstan's Crescent, Worcester. His brothers, Ernest and George also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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