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Henry Clair Gear

In memory of:

Corporal Henry Clair Gear

January 29, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

147936

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

78th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 22, 1884

Son of Jessie and the late Edward Gear, of 17, Imperial Cottages, Fulham, London, England; husband of Elizabeth Gear, of 67, Martha St., Winnipeg, Canada. Member of Winnipeg Police Force.

Commemorated on Page 242 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 13.

Location:

Les Quatre-Vents is a hamlet about 2 kilometres south-east of Estree-Cauchy, a village and commune 16 kilometres north-west of Arras on the old Roman road to Therouanne. This road is now part of the main road from Arras through Therouanne to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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