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Lance Corporal F MEARS

Service Number: 14888
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

II. F. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lizzie Mears, of 103, Peel Terrace, Stafford.
  • Personal Inscription LAID DOWN THE CROSS TO TAKE UP THE CROWN SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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