Memorial

Lieutenant R Lear

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Church Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK8 7JA, England

SJ 87725 85586

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 55897
Description: Brass Plaque with a decorative border, and black inscribed lettering, except the Latin cross at top centre which is red
Inscription: +/In/Loving Memory of/REGINALD (REX) LEAR/Lieut 6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers/who died on board HMS Dongola//26th August 1915/of wounds received in action/7th August 1915/on the Gallipoli Peninsula/and was buried at sea/Aged 20 years/"Greater love hath no man than this that/a man lay down his life for his friends"

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, age, place of death, place of burial

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good